Where does “multinodularity” come from?
multinodularity (English) comes from English nodularity, from English nodular, from English -ar, from Middle English -ar, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
multinodularity (English): The property of being multinodular
Definitions
- The property of being multinodular
Ancestry of “multinodularity”, step by step
multinodularity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nodularity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nodularity | The condition of being nodular; A nodular... |
| 2 | English | nodular | Of or relating to a nodule or nodules;... |
| 3 | English | -ar | Of, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ar | — |
| 5 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
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 |