Where does “multiprofessional” come from?
multiprofessional (English) comes from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
multiprofessional (English): Relating to multiple professions; A person...
Definitions
- Relating to multiple professions; A person...
Ancestry of “multiprofessional”, step by step
multiprofessional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English professional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 2 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 5 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |