Where does “multisymbolic” come from?
multisymbolic (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.
multisymbolic (English): Involving more than one symbol
Definitions
- Involving more than one symbol
Ancestry of “multisymbolic”, step by step
multisymbolic 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 symbolic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | symbolic | Pertaining to a symbol; Implicitly representing... |
| 2 | French | symbolique | symbolic |
| 3 | French | symbole | symbol |
| 4 | Latin | symbolum | symbol, token; creed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύμβολον | a sign or token by which one infers a thing; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σῠμβάλλω | I throw together, dash together, compare,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βάλλω | I throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *gʷəlnō | — |