Where does “multicarat” come from?
multicarat (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.
multicarat (English): Of multiple carats
Definitions
- Of multiple carats
Ancestry of “multicarat”, step by step
multicarat 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 carat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carat | A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls,... |
| 2 | Middle French | carat | carat (measure of purity of gold) |
| 3 | Italian | carato | carat; share; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Arabic | قِيرَاط | carat; husk |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κεράτιον | small horn; carat, 1⁄1728 of a pound; a Byzantine... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κέρας | horn; horn as a material, or anything made of... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kérats | — |