Where does “multicomparison” come from?
multicomparison (English) comes from English comparison, from Middle English comparisoun, from Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from Latin comparātus, from Latin comparō, from Latin compar, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
multicomparison (English): Involving more than one comparison
Definitions
- Involving more than one comparison
Ancestry of “multicomparison”, step by step
multicomparison traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comparison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comparison | The act of comparing or the state or process of... |
| 2 | Middle English | comparisoun | The act of giving a thing similar or identical value to another; similitude in value |
| 3 | Old French | comparison | comparison (instance of comparing two or more things) |
| 4 | Latin | comparātiō | comparison |
| 5 | Latin | comparātus | compared |
| 6 | Latin | comparō | to prepare, get ready, provide, furnish |
| 7 | Latin | compar | equal; similar, comparable; fellow, partner,... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |