Where does “multidwelling” come from?
multidwelling (English) comes from English dwelling, from Middle English dwellynge, from Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan, from Proto-Germanic dwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
multidwelling (English): Relating to more than one dwelling; A dwelling...
Definitions
- Relating to more than one dwelling; A dwelling...
Ancestry of “multidwelling”, step by step
multidwelling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dwelling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dwelling | A house or place in which a person lives; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | dwellynge | A procrastination or delay |
| 3 | Middle English | dwellen | to dwell; to reside; to live |
| 4 | Old English | dwellan | to mislead, deceive; to hinder; to err, go astray |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *dwalljan | to be confused, perplex |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dwaljaną | to be confused, perplex; to hold up, delay |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |