Where does “multisocket” come from?
multisocket (English) comes from English socket, from Middle English socket, from Anglo-Norman soket, from Old French soc, from Vulgar Latin soccus, from Proto-Celtic sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European suH-, from Proto-Indo-European sewH- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
multisocket (English): Having or relating to more than one socket
Definitions
- Having or relating to more than one socket
Ancestry of “multisocket”, step by step
multisocket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English socket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | socket | An opening into which a plug or other connecting... |
| 2 | Middle English | socket | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | soket | spearhead; small plowshare |
| 4 | Old French | soc | soke; plowshare |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; 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 |