Where does “multicorporate” come from?
multicorporate (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.
multicorporate (English): Of or relating to several corporations
Definitions
- Of or relating to several corporations
Ancestry of “multicorporate”, step by step
multicorporate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English corporate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corporate | Of or relating to a corporation; Formed into a... |
| 2 | Latin | corporatus | A member of a corporation; corporate |
| 3 | Latin | corporare | present active infinitive of corporō;... |
| 4 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |