Where does “multiselectable” come from?
multiselectable (English) comes from English selectable, from English select, from Latin sēlēctus, from Latin sēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
multiselectable (English): Permitting the selection of multiple choices
Definitions
- Permitting the selection of multiple choices
Ancestry of “multiselectable”, step by step
multiselectable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English selectable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | selectable | Capable of being selected; An item that can be... |
| 2 | English | select | Privileged, specially selected; Of high quality;... |
| 3 | Latin | sēlēctus | picked or chosen out, selected, culled, having been selected |
| 4 | Latin | sēligō | to separate by culling out; pick or choose out, select, cull |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
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 |