Where does “multisource” come from?
multisource (English) comes from English source, from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
multisource (English): Employing multiple sources
Definitions
- Employing multiple sources
Ancestry of “multisource”, step by step
multisource traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English source
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | source | The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired |
| 2 | Middle English | sours | A source or origin; that which something originates from |
| 3 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 4 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
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 |