Where does “multigallon” come from?
multigallon (English) comes from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, from Norman galun, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
multigallon (English): Of more than one gallon
Definitions
- Of more than one gallon
Ancestry of “multigallon”, step by step
multigallon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gallon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gallon | A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints;... |
| 2 | Middle English | gallon | — |
| 3 | Norman | galun | — |
| 4 | Latin | galum | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
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 |