Where does “multipiston” come from?
multipiston (English) comes from English piston, from French piston, from Italian pistone, from Latin pistāre, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
multipiston (English): Involving, or comprising, more than one piston
Definitions
- Involving, or comprising, more than one piston
Ancestry of “multipiston”, step by step
multipiston traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English piston
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piston | A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a... |
| 2 | French | piston | piston; contact, connection |
| 3 | Italian | pistone | piston; valve - of a musical instrument |
| 4 | Latin | pistāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pīnsō | to beat, pound |
| 6 | Spanish | pienso | animal feed; thought |
| 7 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
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 |