Where does “multiformat” come from?
multiformat (English) comes from English format, from French format, from German Format, from Latin formatus, from Latin fōrmō, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.
multiformat (English): Accessible in more than one format
Definitions
- Accessible in more than one format
Ancestry of “multiformat”, step by step
multiformat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English format
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | format | The layout of a publication or document; The form... |
| 2 | French | format | format |
| 3 | German | Format | stature |
| 4 | Latin | formatus | shaped, formed, fashioned, formatted |
| 5 | Latin | fōrmō | to shape, form, fashion, format |
| 6 | Latin | fōrma | form; figure, shape, appearance |
| 7 | Etruscan | morma | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μορφή | shape, form; appearance; outline |
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 |