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
- Having many streaks
Ancestry of “multistriate”, step by step
multistriate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English striate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | striate | To mark something with striations; striated;... |
| 2 | Latin | striatum | nominative neuter singular of striātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | strio | to groove |
| 4 | Latin | stria | A furrow, channel, groove, hollow; Alternative... |
| 5 | Latin | vascularis | vascular |
| 6 | Latin | vāsculum | a small vessel or container |
| 7 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 |