Where does “multitarget” come from?

multitarget (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.

multitarget (English): Having multiple targets

Definitions

  1. Having multiple targets

Ancestry of “multitarget”, step by step

multitarget 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 target

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtargetA butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or...
2Middle Frenchtargette
3Old Frenchtargebuckler
4Frankishtargabuckler; shield
5Old Norsetargatarget, small round shield
6Proto-Germanictargǭedge, rim, border
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰōrgʰ-
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic tūβosEvery word from Latin tūber
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