Where does “multiplaintiff” come from?
multiplaintiff (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.
multiplaintiff (English): Involving multiple plaintiffs
Definitions
- Involving multiple plaintiffs
Ancestry of “multiplaintiff”, step by step
multiplaintiff 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 plaintiff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plaintiff | A party bringing a suit in civil law against a... |
| 2 | Middle English | plaintif | — |
| 3 | Old French | plaintif | complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a... |
| 4 | Old French | plaindre | to cry; to weep |
| 5 | Latin | plangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | plangō | to strike, beat, flap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂k- | to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,... |