Where does “multivehicle” come from?
multivehicle (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.
multivehicle (English): Involving more than one vehicle
Definitions
- Involving more than one vehicle
Ancestry of “multivehicle”, step by step
multivehicle 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 vehicle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vehicle | A conveyance; a device for carrying or... |
| 2 | French | véhicule | vehicle; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | vehiculum | A means of transport; vehicle, conveyance,... |
| 4 | Latin | vehō | to carry, bear, convey, transport |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | weɣō | to carry, convey |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wéǵʰeti | to be transporting |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |