Where does “multiperiodic” come from?
multiperiodic (English) comes from English periodic, from English iodic, from French iodique, from French iodé, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
multiperiodic (English): Recurring with multiple periods
Definitions
- Recurring with multiple periods
Ancestry of “multiperiodic”, step by step
multiperiodic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English periodic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | periodic | Relative to a period or periods; Having repeated... |
| 2 | English | iodic | of, or relating to iodine or its compounds,... |
| 3 | French | iodique | iodic |
| 4 | French | iodé | past participle of ioder; iodized, iodinated |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἰοειδής | violet |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |