Where does “multiparticipation” come from?
multiparticipation (English) comes from English participation, from Old French participacion, from Latin participatio, from Latin participō, from Latin particeps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
multiparticipation (English): Participation in a single project or activity...
Definitions
- Participation in a single project or activity...
Ancestry of “multiparticipation”, step by step
multiparticipation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English participation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | participation | The act of participating, of taking part in... |
| 2 | Old French | participacion | participation |
| 3 | Latin | participatio | participation |
| 4 | Latin | participō | to partake of, participate in |
| 5 | Latin | particeps | sharing |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
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 |