Where does “multisubstance” come from?
multisubstance (English) comes from English substance, from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia, from Latin substāns, from Latin substō, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo.
multisubstance (English): Relating to multiple substances (typically of addiction or abuse)
Definitions
- Relating to multiple substances (typically of addiction or abuse)
Ancestry of “multisubstance”, step by step
multisubstance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English substance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substance | Physical matter; material; The essential part of... |
| 2 | Middle English | substance | essence |
| 3 | Old French | substance | most essential; substantial part; existence |
| 4 | Latin | substantia | substance, essence, material, contents; fortune,... |
| 5 | Latin | substāns | — |
| 6 | Latin | substō | to hold out, to stand firm |
| 7 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | 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 |