Where does “multiregionalism” come from?
multiregionalism (English) comes from English multiregional, from English regional, from Middle French régional, from Latin regionalis, from Latin regiō, from Latin Aemilia, from Latin aemulus, from Proto-Italic aimelos — to copy, imitate.
multiregionalism (English): The hypothesis that humans first arose near the...
Definitions
- The hypothesis that humans first arose near the...
Ancestry of “multiregionalism”, step by step
multiregionalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multiregional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multiregional | Of or pertaining to more than one region; An... |
| 2 | English | regional | Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or... |
| 3 | Middle French | régional | — |
| 4 | Latin | regionalis | Of or belonging to a region or province—regional,... |
| 5 | Latin | regiō | direction, line |
| 6 | Latin | Aemilia | — |
| 7 | Latin | aemulus | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aimelos | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | aimos | imitation |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |