Where does “multimethod” come from?
multimethod (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.
multimethod (English): Employing multiple methods; A method that uses...
Definitions
- Employing multiple methods; A method that uses...
Ancestry of “multimethod”, step by step
multimethod 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 method
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | method | A process by which a task is completed; a way of... |
| 2 | Middle French | methode | method; manner of doing something |
| 3 | Latin | methodus | method; way of teaching |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέθοδος | following after, pursuit; pursuit of knowledge,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |