Where does “multiprotocol” come from?
multiprotocol (English) comes from English protocol, from Middle French protocolle, from Late Latin protocollum, from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró — passed , crossed.
multiprotocol (English): Involving or supporting more than one protocol
Definitions
- Involving or supporting more than one protocol
Ancestry of “multiprotocol”, step by step
multiprotocol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English protocol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | protocol | The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation... |
| 2 | Middle French | protocolle | document, record |
| 3 | Late Latin | protocollum | the first sheet of a volume; the first sheet of a... |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | πρωτόκολλον | first sheet glued onto a manuscript; first sheet... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | 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 |