Where does “multiskilling” come from?
multiskilling (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multiskilling (English): Training in multiple skills
Definitions
- Training in multiple skills
Ancestry of “multiskilling”, step by step
multiskilling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English skilling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skilling | present participle of skill; A Scandinavian... |
| 2 | Swedish | skilling | a skilling coin |
| 3 | Old Norse | skillingr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skillingaz | shilling |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |