Where does “multimurderer” come from?
multimurderer (English) comes from English murderer, from English murder, from Middle English murder, from Middle English murthre, from Old English morþor, from Proto-Germanic murþrą, from Proto-Indo-European mrtro-, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
multimurderer (English): A person who commits multiple murders
Definitions
- A person who commits multiple murders
Ancestry of “multimurderer”, step by step
multimurderer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English murderer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | murderer | A person who commits murder |
| 2 | English | murder | The crime of deliberately killing another person... |
| 3 | Middle English | murder | — |
| 4 | Middle English | murthre | murder |
| 5 | Old English | morþor | murder; great sin or crime, enormity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | murþrą | murder |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mrtro- | murder, death; killing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
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 |