Where does “multihoming” come from?

multihoming (English) comes from English homing, from English home, from Middle English home, from Middle English whom, from Old English hwām, from Proto-Germanic hwammai, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos — The primary interrogative root.

multihoming (English): A technique to increase the reliability of a...

Definitions

  1. A technique to increase the reliability of a...

Ancestry of “multihoming”, step by step

multihoming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English homing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhomingpresent participle of home
2Englishhome"A dwelling."; One’s native land; the place or...
3Middle EnglishhomeAlternative form of hom; Alternative form of...
4Middle Englishwhom(to) who, whom accusative or dative
5Old Englishhwām
6Proto-Germanichwammaimasculine/neuter dative of *hwaz
7Proto-Germanichwazwho, what; whose; whom
8Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ-