Where does “multichallenge” come from?
multichallenge (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.
multichallenge (English): Of or relating to more than one challenge
Definitions
- Of or relating to more than one challenge
Ancestry of “multichallenge”, step by step
multichallenge 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 challenge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | challenge | A confrontation; a dare; A difficult task,... |
| 2 | Middle English | chalenge | A fraudulent legal claim, allegation or... |
| 3 | Old French | chalenge | Alternative form of chalonge |
| 4 | Latin | calumnia | A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kalwomniā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kalwomnos | deceiving, accusing |