Where does “multicaliber” come from?
multicaliber (English) comes from English caliber, from French calibre, from Italian calibro, from Arabic قَالِب, from Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ, from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον, from Ancient Greek κᾱλόπους, from Ancient Greek πούς — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
multicaliber (English): Of more than one caliber
Definitions
- Of more than one caliber
Ancestry of “multicaliber”, step by step
multicaliber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caliber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caliber | Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically... |
| 2 | French | calibre | calibre; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | calibro | caliber, bore; callipers; template |
| 4 | Arabic | قَالِب | form, mold; form, mould; mold |
| 5 | Classical Syriac | ܩܠܒܝܕ | last |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καλοπόδιον | shoemaker's last |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κᾱλόπους | shoemaker's last |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
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 |