Where does “multiprong” come from?
multiprong (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.
multiprong (English): multipronged
Definitions
- multipronged
Ancestry of “multiprong”, step by step
multiprong 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 prong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prong | A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler... |
| 2 | Middle English | prōnge | affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument |
| 3 | Middle Low German | prange | pole, stake; kind of pillory or stocks; stick,... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | prangen | to press, pinch |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *prangan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *prangan | to press |