Where does “multimediocrity” come from?
multimediocrity (English) comes from English multimedia, from English multi-, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multimediocrity (English): Poor-quality multimedia material
Definitions
- Poor-quality multimedia material
Ancestry of “multimediocrity”, step by step
multimediocrity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multimedia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multimedia | The combined use of sound, video, and text to... |
| 2 | English | multi- | More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;... |
| 3 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 4 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 5 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 6 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 7 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 8 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English mediocrity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mediocrity | The quality of being intermediate between two... |
| 2 | Middle French | médiocrité | — |
| 3 | Latin | mediocritās | a middle state |
| 4 | Latin | mediocris | middling, moderate, medium; tolerable, ordinary,... |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |