Where does “multirow” come from?

multirow (English) comes from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ — ingot.

multirow (English): Of or pertaining to more than one row

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to more than one row

Ancestry of “multirow”, step by step

multirow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rōw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrōwA line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc
2EnglishrollTo cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
3Middle Englishrolle
4Old Frenchrolleregistration
5Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
6Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
7Arabicرَطْل
8Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ
9Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
10Frenchlitrelitre
11Medieval Latinlitra
12Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
13Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrāEvery word from Ancient Greek λίτραEvery word from Medieval Latin litra
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