Where does “multicluster” come from?

multicluster (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.

multicluster (English): Composed of multiple clusters

Definitions

  1. Composed of multiple clusters

Ancestry of “multicluster”, step by step

multicluster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English cluster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclusterA group or bunch of several discrete items that...
2Middle Englishcluster
3Old Englishcluster
4Proto-Germanicklus-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-