Where does “multilayered” come from?
Multilayered comes from English layered combined with Latin multi, from Latin multus meaning "many," traced to Proto-Indo-European ml̥tos and ml̥tós, ultimately from the root mel- or mey-.
multilayered (English): Having more than one layer
Definitions
- Having more than one layer
Ancestry of “multilayered”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi- | More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;... |
| 2 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 3 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 4 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 5 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 6 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 7 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |