Where does “multifidous” come from?
multifidous (English) comes from English multifidus, from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
multifidous (English): multifid
Definitions
- multifid
Ancestry of “multifidous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multifidus | A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy... |
| 2 | Latin | -fidus | fid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split" |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |