Where does “multidermatomal” come from?
multidermatomal (English) comes from English dermatomal, from English dermatome, from English derma, from Yiddish דערמע, from Yiddish דאַרם, from Middle High German darm, from Old High German darm, from Proto-West Germanic þarm — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
multidermatomal (English): Relating to multiple dermatome#Etymology 2; of neuropathy affecting more than one dermatome
Definitions
- Relating to multiple dermatome#Etymology 2; of neuropathy affecting more than one dermatome
Ancestry of “multidermatomal”, step by step
multidermatomal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dermatomal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dermatomal | Relating to a dermatome |
| 2 | English | dermatome | An instrument used surgically to remove a thin... |
| 3 | English | derma | the inner layer of the skin; the dermis; a Jewish... |
| 4 | Yiddish | דערמע | — |
| 5 | Yiddish | דאַרם | intestine |
| 6 | Middle High German | darm | — |
| 7 | Old High German | darm | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þarm | intestine |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þarmaz | intestine |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tórmos | borehole |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
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 |