Where does “multichambered” come from?
multichambered (English) comes from English chambered, from English chamber, from Middle English chambre, from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati — to bend, to curve.
multichambered (English): Having more than one chamber
Definitions
- Having more than one chamber
Ancestry of “multichambered”, step by step
multichambered traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chambered
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chambered | Having chambers; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | English | chamber | A room or set of rooms, "particularly"; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | chambre | room; chamber; Alternative form of caumber |
| 4 | Old French | chambre | room; chamber; bedroom, sleeping quarters |
| 5 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
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 |