Where does “multifuel” come from?

multifuel (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.

multifuel (English): Using or involving more than one kind of fuel

Definitions

  1. Using or involving more than one kind of fuel

Ancestry of “multifuel”, step by step

multifuel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English fuel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfuelSubstance consumed to provide energy through...
2Middle EnglishfuayleFuel; items to be burnt
3Old Frenchfouaillefirewood; torch
4Old Frenchfeufire
5Late Latinfocusfire
6Latinfocusfireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-