Where does “multikilobase” come from?
multikilobase (English) comes from English kilobase, from English Base, from Middle English base, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis — to step.
multikilobase (English): Of or pertaining to more than one kilobase
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to more than one kilobase
Ancestry of “multikilobase”, step by step
multikilobase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kilobase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kilobase | a length of double-stranded DNA containing two... |
| 2 | English | Base | Something from which other things extend; a foundation |
| 3 | Middle English | base | A foundation or base; the bottom of a building;... |
| 4 | Old French | base | base bottom part; supporting part |
| 5 | Latin | basis | A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation; The... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |
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 |