Where does “multilabel” come from?
multilabel (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.
multilabel (English): Of or pertaining to more than one label
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to more than one label
Ancestry of “multilabel”, step by step
multilabel 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 label
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | label | A small ticket or sign giving information about... |
| 2 | Middle English | label | narrow band, strip of cloth |
| 3 | Old French | label | strip of fabric; badge; insignia |
| 4 | Frankish | lappā | cloth, rag, lobe; torn piece of cloth; rag, torn... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lappǭ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leb- | to hang down loosely; lip; lick |