Where does “multiubiquitin” come from?
multiubiquitin (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.
multiubiquitin (English): That involves multiple ubiquitin molecules
Definitions
- That involves multiple ubiquitin molecules
Ancestry of “multiubiquitin”, step by step
multiubiquitin 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 ubiquitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ubiquitin | Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide,... |
| 2 | English | ubiquitous | Being everywhere at once: omnipresent; Appearing... |
| 3 | English | ubiquity | The state or quality of being, or appearing to... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | ubīquitās | — |
| 5 | Latin | ubique | everywhere |
| 6 | Latin | -que | and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |