Where does “multikernel” come from?

multikernel (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.

multikernel (English): Relating to multiple kernels

Definitions

  1. Relating to multiple kernels

Ancestry of “multikernel”, step by step

multikernel 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 kernel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkernelThe core, center, or essence of an object or...
2Middle EnglishkernelA seed, grain or stone of a fruit, corn, or nut;...
3Old Englishcyrnela kernel; a hard concretion in the flesh, an...
4Proto-West Germanic*kurnilkernel of a nut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic tūβosEvery word from Latin tūber
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