Where does “multiprimitive” come from?
multiprimitive (English) comes from English primitive, from Old French primitif, from Latin prīmitīvus, from Latin primitus, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
multiprimitive (English): Involving more than one primitive
Definitions
- Involving more than one primitive
Ancestry of “multiprimitive”, step by step
multiprimitive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primitive | An original or primary word; a word not derived... |
| 2 | Old French | primitif | — |
| 3 | Latin | prīmitīvus | primitive (first of its kind), original |
| 4 | Latin | primitus | originally, at first, from the first, from/at... |
| 5 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 6 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |