Where does “multiperiod” come from?
multiperiod (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.
multiperiod (English): Relating to multiple periods
Definitions
- Relating to multiple periods
Ancestry of “multiperiod”, step by step
multiperiod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English period
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | period | A length of time; A period of time in history... |
| 2 | Middle English | periode | — |
| 3 | Middle French | periode | — |
| 4 | Latin | periodus | a complete sentence; period; the circuit of the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περίοδος | going round in a circle, flank march;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὁδός | threshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *hodós | — |