Where does “multiterrain” come from?
multiterrain (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.
multiterrain (English): Relating to more than one kind of terrain
Definitions
- Relating to more than one kind of terrain
Ancestry of “multiterrain”, step by step
multiterrain 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 terrain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terrain | A single, distinctive rock formation; an area... |
| 2 | French | terrain | ground, landscape; field; lot, plot, parcel |
| 3 | Old French | terrain | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | terranum | — |
| 5 | Latin | terrenum | nominative neuter singular of terrēnus;... |
| 6 | Latin | Terra | Terra goddess of the Earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |