Where does “multipapillary” come from?

multipapillary (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.

multipapillary (English): Having multiple papillae

Definitions

  1. Having multiple papillae

Ancestry of “multipapillary”, step by step

multipapillary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English papillary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpapillaryHaving the properties or appearance of a papilla
2English-aryof or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to...
3Italian-ario-ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...
4Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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