Where does “multitaxon” come from?
multitaxon (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.
multitaxon (English): Involving multiple taxons
Definitions
- Involving multiple taxons
Ancestry of “multitaxon”, step by step
multitaxon 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 taxon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taxon | A group of one or more populations of an organism... |
| 2 | English | taxonomy | The science or the technique used to make a... |
| 3 | French | taxonomie | Alternative form of taxinomie |
| 4 | English | taxo- | order, arrangement |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τάξις | arrangement, ordering; battle array, order of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |