Where does “multipatch” come from?

multipatch (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.

multipatch (English): A curvilinear grid used to model aspects of...

Definitions

  1. A curvilinear grid used to model aspects of...

Ancestry of “multipatch”, step by step

multipatch 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 patch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpatchA piece of cloth, or other suitable material,...
2Italianpazzocrazy, insane; madman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic tūβosEvery word from Latin tūber
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