Where does “multifandom” come from?
multifandom (English) comes from English fandom, from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
multifandom (English): Involving or participating in more than one...
Definitions
- Involving or participating in more than one...
Ancestry of “multifandom”, step by step
multifandom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fandom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fandom | The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc.,... |
| 2 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 3 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 4 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 5 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
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 |