Where does “multisubstrate” come from?
multisubstrate (English) comes from English substrate, from English substratum, from New Latin substratum, from Latin substratus, from Latin substerno, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃- — sterile, infertile.
multisubstrate (English): involving multiple substrates
Definitions
- involving multiple substrates
Ancestry of “multisubstrate”, step by step
multisubstrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English substrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substrate | What an enzyme acts upon; A surface on which an... |
| 2 | English | substratum | A layer that lies underneath another; The... |
| 3 | New Latin | substratum | — |
| 4 | Latin | substratus | — |
| 5 | Latin | substerno | I strew, scatter, spread out or under; I bestrew,... |
| 6 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
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 |