Where does “multisuture” come from?
multisuture (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.
multisuture (English): Involving more than one suture
Definitions
- Involving more than one suture
Ancestry of “multisuture”, step by step
multisuture 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 suture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suture | A seam formed by sewing two edges together,... |
| 2 | Middle English | suture | A suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A... |
| 3 | Latin | sūtūra | a sewing together; seam, stitch, suture |
| 4 | Latin | suō | to sew, stitch |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sūō | sew, stitch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *syewH- | to sew |