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Where does “multipartyism” come from?

multipartyism (English) comes from English multiparty, from English multi-, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

multipartyism (English): A voting system involving more than one political...

Definitions

  1. A voting system involving more than one political...

Ancestry of “multipartyism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultipartyInvolving several different political parties;...
2Englishmulti-More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;...
3EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
4EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
5EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
6Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
7Latintūberculum—
8Latintūber—
9Proto-Italictūβos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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