Where does “multispecialist” come from?
multispecialist (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.
multispecialist (English): A specialist in multiple fields
Definitions
- A specialist in multiple fields
Ancestry of “multispecialist”, step by step
multispecialist 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 specialist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | specialist | Specialised; Someone who is an expert in, or... |
| 2 | French | spécialiste | specialist |
| 3 | Latin | specialis | specific |
| 4 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 5 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |