Where does “multiclausal” come from?
multiclausal (English) comes from English clausal, from English clause, from French clause, from German Klausel, from Spanish cláusula, from Portuguese cláusula, from Italian clausola, from Latin clausula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
multiclausal (English): Of or relating to more than one clause
Definitions
- Of or relating to more than one clause
Ancestry of “multiclausal”, step by step
multiclausal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clausal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clausal | Of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses |
| 2 | English | clause | A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and... |
| 3 | French | clause | clause |
| 4 | German | Klausel | term; clause |
| 5 | Spanish | cláusula | clause |
| 6 | Portuguese | cláusula | clause |
| 7 | Italian | clausola | clause, codicil |
| 8 | Latin | clausula | conclusion, close, end; the close of a period;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 |