Where does “multicanaliculate” come from?
multicanaliculate (English) comes from English canaliculate, from Latin canaliculatus, from Latin canāliculus, from Latin canālis, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.
multicanaliculate (English): Having numerous, large, branching, and closely...
Definitions
- Having numerous, large, branching, and closely...
Ancestry of “multicanaliculate”, step by step
multicanaliculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English canaliculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | canaliculate | Channeled lengthwise; grooved |
| 2 | Latin | canaliculatus | Like a channel or pipe; channelled, grooved |
| 3 | Latin | canāliculus | A small channel, pipe or gutter |
| 4 | Latin | canālis | a pipe, spout, channel, conduit |
| 5 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 7 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 8 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
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 |