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Where does “multistriate” come from?

multistriate (English) comes from English striate, from Latin striatum, from Latin strio, from Latin stria, from Latin vascularis, from Latin vāsculum, from Latin -culum, from Proto-Italic -klom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

multistriate (English): Having many streaks

Definitions

  1. Having many streaks

Ancestry of “multistriate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstriateTo mark something with striations; striated;...
2Latinstriatumnominative neuter singular of striātus;...
3Latinstrioto groove
4LatinstriaA furrow, channel, groove, hollow; Alternative...
5Latinvascularis—
6Latinvāsculum—
7Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
8Proto-Italic-klom—
9Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
10Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
11Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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