Where does “multicustomer” come from?
multicustomer (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.
multicustomer (English): Pertaining to more than one customer
Definitions
- Pertaining to more than one customer
Ancestry of “multicustomer”, step by step
multicustomer 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 customer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | customer | A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives... |
| 2 | Middle English | custumer | A customs officer; a collector of import or export duties |
| 3 | Old French | coustumier | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | custumarius | a toll-gatherer, tax-collector; pertaining to... |
| 5 | Latin | custuma | custom, tax |