Where does “multicorneal” come from?
multicorneal (English) comes from English corneal, from English cornea, from Romanian Cornea, from Romanian -ea, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
multicorneal (English): Having multiple corneas
Definitions
- Having multiple corneas
Ancestry of “multicorneal”, step by step
multicorneal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English corneal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corneal | Of or pertaining to the cornea |
| 2 | English | cornea | The transparent layer making up the outermost... |
| 3 | Romanian | Cornea | — |
| 4 | Romanian | -ea | A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs; Used... |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |