Where does “multibodied” come from?

multibodied (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

multibodied (English): Composed of multiple bodies

Definitions

  1. Composed of multiple bodies

Ancestry of “multibodied”, step by step

multibodied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English bodied

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbodiedHaving a specified form of body; Having a bodily...
2EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
3Middle Englishbodemessenger
4Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
5Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
6Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-