Where does “multipurposeness” come from?
multipurposeness (English) comes from English multipurpose, from English multi-, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multipurposeness (English): The quality of being multipurpose
Definitions
- The quality of being multipurpose
Ancestry of “multipurposeness”, step by step
multipurposeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multipurpose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multipurpose | Alternative form of multi-purpose |
| 2 | English | multi- | More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;... |
| 3 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 4 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 5 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 6 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 7 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 8 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |