Where does “multispacecraft” come from?
multispacecraft (English) comes from English spacecraft, from English -craft, from Middle English -craft, from Old English -cræft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
multispacecraft (English): Involving multiple spacecraft
Definitions
- Involving multiple spacecraft
Ancestry of “multispacecraft”, step by step
multispacecraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spacecraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spacecraft | A vehicle that travels through space |
| 2 | English | -craft | Denoting a skill of a particular kind; Denoting a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -craft | — |
| 4 | Old English | -cræft | denoting an art or science; denoting strength or... |
| 5 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
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 |