Where does “multiherb” come from?
multiherb (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.
multiherb (English): Involving more than one herb
Definitions
- Involving more than one herb
Ancestry of “multiherb”, step by step
multiherb 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 Herb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Herb | A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season |
| 2 | Middle English | herbe | A herbaceous plant |
| 3 | Old French | erbe | grass; herb |
| 4 | Latin | herba | grass, herbage; herb; weeds |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |