Where does “multilepton” come from?
multilepton (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multilepton (English): Involving multiple leptons
Definitions
- Involving multiple leptons
Ancestry of “multilepton”, step by step
multilepton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English lepton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lepton | A coin used since ancient times in Greece,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λεπτόν | neuter nominative singular of λεπτός; neuter... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λεπτός | peeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |