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
- Composed of multiple bodies
Ancestry of “multibodied”, step by step
multibodied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English bodied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bodied | Having a specified form of body; Having a bodily... |
| 2 | English | Body | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| 3 | Middle English | bode | messenger |
| 4 | Old English | boda | messenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | budô | messenger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | beudaną | to offer, to bid |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |