Where does “multisexuality” come from?
multisexuality (English) comes from English multisexual, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multisexuality (English): The quality, state or practice of being multisexual
Definitions
- The quality, state or practice of being multisexual
Ancestry of “multisexuality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multisexual | Of, or pertaining to, more than one sex; Sexually... |
| 2 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 3 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 4 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 5 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 6 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 7 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |