Where does “multigap” come from?
multigap (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.
multigap (English): Having, or employing multiple gaps
Definitions
- Having, or employing multiple gaps
Ancestry of “multigap”, step by step
multigap 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 gap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gap | An opening in anything made by breaking or... |
| 2 | English | gape | To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily,... |
| 3 | Middle English | gapen | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | gapa | to gape, open the mouth wide |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gapōną | to gaze, observe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |