Where does “multilectal” come from?
multilectal (English) comes from English lectal, from English lect, from English -lect, from English dialect, from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος, from Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι — two.
multilectal (English): Relating to more than one lect
Definitions
- Relating to more than one lect
Ancestry of “multilectal”, step by step
multilectal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lectal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lectal | Of or relating to a lect |
| 2 | English | lect | A specific form of a language or language... |
| 3 | English | -lect | variety |
| 4 | English | dialect | A variety of a language that is characteristic of... |
| 5 | Middle French | dialecte | dialect |
| 6 | Latin | dialectos | a dialect; Nihilo lenior in convictores... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διάλεκτος | discourse, conversation; manner of speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διαλέγομαι | I converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue; I... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
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 |