Where does “multiclassifier” come from?

multiclassifier (English) comes from English classifier, from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse — to call, cry, summon.

multiclassifier (English): That employs multiple classifiers

Definitions

  1. That employs multiple classifiers

Ancestry of “multiclassifier”, step by step

multiclassifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English classifier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclassifierSomeone who classifies; A word or morpheme used...
2Englishclassifyto identify by or divide into classes; to...
3Frenchclassifierto classify
4Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
5Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
6Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
7Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
8Germanklassegreat, awesome
9Russianклассclass
10Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
11Proto-Italicklāssis
12Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-
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