Where does “multiligand” come from?

multiligand (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.

multiligand (English): Having or involving multiple ligands

Definitions

  1. Having or involving multiple ligands

Ancestry of “multiligand”, step by step

multiligand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English ligand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishligandAn ion, molecule, or functional group that binds...
2Latinligandustied, bound, united, fastened
3Latinligōhoe, mattock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-