Where does “multimarbled” come from?
multimarbled (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.
multimarbled (English): Containing many marbles
Definitions
- Containing many marbles
Ancestry of “multimarbled”, step by step
multimarbled 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 marbled
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marbled | Composed of marble; having a marble exterior;... |
| 2 | English | marble | A rock of crystalline limestone; A small ball,... |
| 3 | Middle English | marble | — |
| 4 | Old French | marbre | marble |
| 5 | Latin | marmor | a block or piece of marble; pulverized marble,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μάρμαρος | crystalline rock; marble |
| 7 | Indo-European | *mer- | — |