Where does “multicollinearity” come from?
Multicollinearity derives from English multicollinear, from Latin multus meaning "many" via Proto-Indo-European ml̥tos, combined with collinear from Latin -itas.
multicollinearity (English): A phenomenon in which two or more predictor...
Definitions
- A phenomenon in which two or more predictor...
Ancestry of “multicollinearity”, step by step
multicollinearity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multicollinear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multicollinear | Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting... |
| 2 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 3 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 4 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 5 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 6 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 7 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |