Where does “multitimbral” come from?
multitimbral (English) comes from English timbral, from English timbre, from French timbre, from Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
multitimbral (English): Capable of playing more than one timbre at the...
Definitions
- Capable of playing more than one timbre at the...
Ancestry of “multitimbral”, step by step
multitimbral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English timbral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | timbral | Of or pertaining to the timbre of a sound |
| 2 | English | timbre | The quality of a sound independent of its pitch... |
| 3 | French | timbre | small bell; stamp, postage stamp; stamp |
| 4 | Old French | timbre | timbrel |
| 5 | Latin | tympanum | drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύμπανον | drum, kettledrum; drumstick, staff, cudgel;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
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 |