Where does “multibranched” come from?
multibranched (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.
multibranched (English): Having more than one branch
Definitions
- Having more than one branch
Ancestry of “multibranched”, step by step
multibranched 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 branched
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | branched | Having branches; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | English | branch | The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk... |
| 3 | Middle English | branche | — |
| 4 | Old French | branche | branch |
| 5 | Late Latin | branca | footprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw |
| 6 | Gaulish | vranca | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wrónkeh₂ | — |