Where does “multispeciality” come from?
multispeciality (English) comes from English speciality, from English special, from Middle English special, from Old French especial, from Latin specialis, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō — to see, to look, to observe.
multispeciality (English): Alternative form of multispecialty
Definitions
- Alternative form of multispecialty
Ancestry of “multispeciality”, step by step
multispeciality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English speciality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speciality | Britain standard form of specialty |
| 2 | English | special | Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality; Of... |
| 3 | Middle English | special | — |
| 4 | Old French | especial | special; powerful; mighty |
| 5 | Latin | specialis | specific |
| 6 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 7 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
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 |