Where does “multifractality” come from?
multifractality (English) comes from English multifractal, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multifractality (English): The state or condition of being multifractal
Definitions
- The state or condition of being multifractal
Ancestry of “multifractality”, step by step
multifractality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multifractal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multifractal | Describing a system that is fractal in multiple... |
| 2 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 3 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 4 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 5 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 6 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 7 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |