Where does “multisubject” come from?
multisubject (English) comes from English subject, from Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus, from Latin subiciō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
multisubject (English): Relating to more than one subject
Definitions
- Relating to more than one subject
Ancestry of “multisubject”, step by step
multisubject traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English subject
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subject | Likely to be affected by or to experience... |
| 2 | Middle English | subget | — |
| 3 | Old French | suget | — |
| 4 | Latin | subiectus | thrown, laid, placed or brought under or near,... |
| 5 | Latin | subiciō | to throw, lay, place, set or bring under or near |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
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 |