Where does “multitrunked” come from?
multitrunked (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.
multitrunked (English): Having several trunks
Definitions
- Having several trunks
Ancestry of “multitrunked”, step by step
multitrunked 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 trunked
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trunked | Having some specific type of trunk; Cut off,... |
| 2 | English | trunk | "Part of a body."; "A container."; "A channel for... |
| 3 | Middle English | tronke | A large chest or storage container; A container... |
| 4 | Old French | tronc | alms box, tree trunk, headless body; trunk |
| 5 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |