Where does “multifidus” come from?

multifidus (English) comes 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...

multifidus (English): A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy...

Definitions

  1. A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy...

Ancestry of “multifidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-fidusfid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split"
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “multifidus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -fidus →