Where does “multigradient” come from?

multigradient (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.

multigradient (English): That employs multiple gradients

Definitions

  1. That employs multiple gradients

Ancestry of “multigradient”, step by step

multigradient 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 gradient

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgradientA slope or incline; A rate of inclination or...
2Latingradiensstepping, walking; advancing, going
3LatingradiorI step, walk; I advance, go
4Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
5Proto-Italicgraðus
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic tūβosEvery word from Latin tūber