Where does “multistack” come from?

multistack (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.

multistack (English): Employing multiple stacks

Definitions

  1. Employing multiple stacks

Ancestry of “multistack”, step by step

multistack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English stack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstack"A pile."; A smokestack; "In computing."
2Dutchstapelpile; basis, foundation, pedestal; stockpile,...
3Middle Dutchstapelpillar; foundation; market; warehouse; market
4Old Dutchstapal
5Old Swedishstapul
6Proto-Germanicstapulazpillar, post; basis, foundation
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ‑to stand still
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-