Where does “multilayeredness” come from?
multilayeredness (English) comes from English multilayered, 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.
multilayeredness (English): The state or condition of being multilayered
Definitions
- The state or condition of being multilayered
Ancestry of “multilayeredness”, step by step
multilayeredness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multilayered
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multilayered | Having more than one layer |
| 2 | English | multi- | More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;... |
| 3 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 4 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 5 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 6 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 7 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 8 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |