Where does “multiparadigm” come from?
multiparadigm (English) comes from English paradigm, from Late Latin paradigma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα, from Ancient Greek παραδείκνυμι, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos — horse.
multiparadigm (English): Using or conforming to more than one paradigm
Definitions
- Using or conforming to more than one paradigm
Ancestry of “multiparadigm”, step by step
multiparadigm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English paradigm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paradigm | A pattern, a way of doing something, "especially"... |
| 2 | Late Latin | paradigma | paradigm; pattern, example, paradigm |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράδειγμα | pattern, model, plan, paradigm; precedent,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παραδείκνυμι | to hold up to viewing, exhibit, point out; to set... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 7 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 8 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
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 |