Where does “multitalent” come from?
multitalent (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.
multitalent (English): The quality of being multitalented
Definitions
- The quality of being multitalented
Ancestry of “multitalent”, step by step
multitalent 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 talent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | talent | A marked natural ability or skill; A unit of... |
| 2 | Middle English | talent | A talent ancient unit of money or weight |
| 3 | Old French | talent | desire; wish |
| 4 | Latin | talentum | A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τάλαντον | balance, scale; anything weighed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥h₂ent- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |