Where does “multipulse” come from?
multipulse (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.
multipulse (English): Involving multiple pulses
Definitions
- Involving multiple pulses
Ancestry of “multipulse”, step by step
multipulse 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 pulse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pulse | A normally regular beat felt when arteries are... |
| 2 | Middle English | pulse | — |
| 3 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 4 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |