Where does “multilender” come from?
multilender (English) comes from English lender, from English lend, from English len, from Middle English lenen, from Old English lǣnan, from Proto-West Germanic laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic laihnijaną, from Proto-Germanic laihną — to leave.
multilender (English): Involving more than one lender
Definitions
- Involving more than one lender
Ancestry of “multilender”, step by step
multilender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lender | One who lends, especially money; specifically, a... |
| 2 | English | lend | The lumbar region; loin; The loins; flank;... |
| 3 | English | len | — |
| 4 | Middle English | lenen | to lean |
| 5 | Old English | lǣnan | to lend; give, grant, lease |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | laihnijan | to loan, lend |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | laihnijaną | to loan, lend |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | laihną | that which is lent, loan; fief |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |
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 |