Where does “multiminicore” come from?
multiminicore (English) comes from English minicore, from English Core, from English -core, from English hardcore, from English hard, from Old French hardi, from Old French hardir, from Frankish hardijan — to travel, tour.
multiminicore (English): multiple minicores
Definitions
- multiple minicores
Ancestry of “multiminicore”, step by step
multiminicore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English minicore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | minicore | Any of a series of core structures found in... |
| 2 | English | Core | The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades |
| 3 | English | -core | Applied to various genres of music and... |
| 4 | English | hardcore | Having an extreme dedication to a certain... |
| 5 | English | hard | Having a severe property; presenting difficulty;... |
| 6 | Old French | hardi | hardy; tough; durable |
| 7 | Old French | hardir | to harden |
| 8 | Frankish | hardijan | to harden, to make hard |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hardijaną | to make hard, strong; to harden |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
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 |