Where does “multiutility” come from?
multiutility (English) comes from English utility, from Middle English utilite, from Old French utilite, from Latin ūtilitas, from Latin ūtilis, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
multiutility (English): A utility company providing multiple types of...
Definitions
- A utility company providing multiple types of...
Ancestry of “multiutility”, step by step
multiutility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English utility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | utility | The state or condition of being useful;... |
| 2 | Middle English | utilite | benefit, gain, profit |
| 3 | Old French | utilite | — |
| 4 | Latin | ūtilitas | usefulness, utility |
| 5 | Latin | ūtilis | useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful |
| 6 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
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 |