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

  1. Involving more than one suture

Ancestry of “multisuture”, step by step

multisuture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English suture

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsutureA seam formed by sewing two edges together,...
2Middle EnglishsutureA suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A...
3Latinsūtūraa sewing together; seam, stitch, suture
4Latinsuōto sew, stitch
5Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
6Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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