Where does “multiproblematic” come from?
multiproblematic (English) comes from English problematic, from Middle French problématique, from Latin problēmaticus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα, from Ancient Greek προβάλλω, from Ancient Greek πρό-, from Ancient Greek πρό — passed , crossed.
multiproblematic (English): Problematic in multiple ways
Definitions
- Problematic in multiple ways
Ancestry of “multiproblematic”, step by step
multiproblematic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English problematic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | problematic | Posing a problem; having or suffering from... |
| 2 | Middle French | problématique | — |
| 3 | Latin | problēmaticus | problematic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | προβληματικός | of or for a problem, problematic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρόβλημα | anything thrown forward or projecting; anything... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | προβάλλω | to throw or lay before, throw to; to put forward... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | 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 |