Where does “multichoke” come from?
multichoke (English) comes from English choke, from Middle English choken, from Middle English acheken, from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.
multichoke (English): Having more than one choke
Definitions
- Having more than one choke
Ancestry of “multichoke”, step by step
multichoke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English choke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | choke | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of... |
| 2 | Middle English | choken | To asphyxiate or strangle to cause to choke |
| 3 | Middle English | acheken | To asphyxiate to cause to choke |
| 4 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 5 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 6 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
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 |