Where does “multioutlet” come from?
multioutlet (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.
multioutlet (English): Having or pertaining to more than one outlet
Definitions
- Having or pertaining to more than one outlet
Ancestry of “multioutlet”, step by step
multioutlet 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 outlet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | outlet | A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of... |
| 2 | English | let | To allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow... |
| 3 | Middle English | leten | to let |
| 4 | Old English | lǣtan | to let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |