Where does “multiobject” come from?
multiobject (English) comes from English object, from Old French object, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
multiobject (English): Involving, or derived from multiple objects
Definitions
- Involving, or derived from multiple objects
Ancestry of “multiobject”, step by step
multiobject traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English object
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | object | A thing that has physical existence but is not alive |
| 2 | Old French | object | — |
| 3 | Latin | obiectum | A charge, accusation |
| 4 | Latin | obiectus | offered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed |
| 5 | Latin | obiciō | to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
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 |