Where does “multipartnership” come from?
multipartnership (English) comes from English partnership, from English partner, from Middle English partener, from English parcener, from Old French parçonier, from Old French parçon, from Latin partitionem, from Latin partitio — passed , crossed.
multipartnership (English): The condition of having more than one partner
Definitions
- The condition of having more than one partner
Ancestry of “multipartnership”, step by step
multipartnership traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English partnership
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | partnership | The state of being associated with a partner; An... |
| 2 | English | partner | Someone who is associated with another in a... |
| 3 | Middle English | partener | — |
| 4 | English | parcener | A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an... |
| 5 | Old French | parçonier | coholder; co-owner; coheir; parcener; participant |
| 6 | Old French | parçon | division; separation |
| 7 | Latin | partitionem | accusative singular of partītiō |
| 8 | Latin | partitio | The act of sharing or parting; partition,... |
| 9 | Latin | partīre | — |
| 10 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |