Where does “multislack” come from?
multislack (English) comes from English multitask, from English task, from Medieval Latin tasca, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.
multislack (English): To waste time while ostensibly working...
Definitions
- To waste time while ostensibly working...
Ancestry of “multislack”, step by step
multislack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multitask
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multitask | Handling or involving multiple tasks at once |
| 2 | English | task | A piece of work done as part of one’s duties; Any... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | tasca | — |
| 4 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |