Where does “multilateralist” come from?

multilateralist (English) comes from English multilateral, from English multi-, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

multilateralist (English): Supporting or advocating multilateralism; An...

Definitions

  1. Supporting or advocating multilateralism; An...

Ancestry of “multilateralist”, step by step

multilateralist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multilateral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultilateralHaving many sides or points of view; Involving...
2Englishmulti-More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;...
3EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
4EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
5EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
6Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
7Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
8Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
9Proto-Italictūβos
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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