Where does “multimonitor” come from?
multimonitor (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.
multimonitor (English): Involving more than one display monitor
Definitions
- Involving more than one display monitor
Ancestry of “multimonitor”, step by step
multimonitor 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 monitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monitor | Someone who watches over something; a person in... |
| 2 | Latin | monitor | counselor, preceptor; prompter, warner |
| 3 | Latin | monitus | advised, warned, having been advised; reminded,... |
| 4 | Latin | moneō | to warn, to advise |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | to cause to think, make think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |