Where does “multifigured” come from?
multifigured (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multifigured (English): Involving more than one figure
Definitions
- Involving more than one figure
Ancestry of “multifigured”, step by step
multifigured traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English figured
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | figured | simple past tense and past participle of figure;... |
| 2 | English | figure | A drawing or diagram conveying information; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | figure | shape, form, appearance |
| 4 | Old French | figure | — |
| 5 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 6 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |