Where does “multisulfur” come from?
multisulfur (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multisulfur (English): Of a compound, having more than one sulfur atom;...
Definitions
- Of a compound, having more than one sulfur atom;...
Ancestry of “multisulfur”, step by step
multisulfur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English sulfur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sulfur | A chemical element with an atomic number of 16;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sulphur | sulfur |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | sulfre | sulphur |
| 4 | Latin | sulphur | sulfur, brimstone; lightning |
| 5 | Latin | sulpur | Archaic form of sulphur |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swelplos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |