Where does “multiconductor” come from?
multiconductor (English) comes from English conductor, from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor, from Latin condūcō, from Latin dūcō, from Proto-Italic doukō, from Proto-Indo-European déwketi — to pull, to draw; to lead.
multiconductor (English): Comprising more than one electrical conductor
Definitions
- Comprising more than one electrical conductor
Ancestry of “multiconductor”, step by step
multiconductor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conductor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conductor | One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director; A... |
| 2 | Middle French | conductour | — |
| 3 | Old French | conduitor | — |
| 4 | Latin | conductor | employer, entrepreneur; contractor; conductor |
| 5 | Latin | condūcō | to lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect |
| 6 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
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 |