Where does “multistressor” come from?
multistressor (English) comes from English stressor, from English stress, from Middle English destresse, from Old French destrecier, from Latin distringō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
multistressor (English): Relating to multiple stressors
Definitions
- Relating to multiple stressors
Ancestry of “multistressor”, step by step
multistressor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stressor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stressor | An environmental condition or influence that... |
| 2 | English | stress | A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing... |
| 3 | Middle English | destresse | — |
| 4 | Old French | destrecier | to distress |
| 5 | Latin | distringō | to stretch out or apart |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |