Where does “multiethnicity” come from?
multiethnicity (English) comes from English ethnicity, from English ethnic, from French ethnique, from Middle French ethnique, from Old French ethnique, from Latin ethnicus, from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός, from Ancient Greek ἔθνος — to do, put, place.
multiethnicity (English): The state of being multiethnic
Definitions
- The state of being multiethnic
Ancestry of “multiethnicity”, step by step
multiethnicity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ethnicity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ethnicity | The common characteristics of a group of people,... |
| 2 | English | ethnic | Of or relating to a group of people having common... |
| 3 | French | ethnique | ethnic |
| 4 | Middle French | ethnique | — |
| 5 | Old French | ethnique | — |
| 6 | Latin | ethnicus | heathen; pagan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐθνικός | national |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἔθνος | group of people: tribe, family; group of animals:... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἔθω | I am accustomed, I tend to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |