Where does “multibilayer” come from?
multibilayer (English) comes from English bilayer, from English layer, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.
multibilayer (English): Composed of multiple bilayers
Definitions
- Composed of multiple bilayers
Ancestry of “multibilayer”, step by step
multibilayer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bilayer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bilayer | Any structure consisting of two layers of... |
| 2 | English | layer | A single thickness of some material covering a... |
| 3 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 4 | English | Lee | for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) |
| 5 | Irish | Laoi | lay, song |
| 6 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 7 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 8 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 9 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 10 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 11 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 12 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 13 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |