Where does “multidesktop” come from?
multidesktop (English) comes from English desktop, from English desk, from Middle English deske, from Medieval Latin desca, from Old Italian desco, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō — take; perceive.
multidesktop (English): Having or supporting more than one desktop
Definitions
- Having or supporting more than one desktop
Ancestry of “multidesktop”, step by step
multidesktop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English desktop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | desktop | The top surface of a desk; A desktop computer;... |
| 2 | English | desk | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries... |
| 3 | Middle English | deske | Alternative form of dosk |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | desca | — |
| 5 | Old Italian | desco | — |
| 6 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |
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 |