Where does “multivibrissa” come from?
multivibrissa (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.
multivibrissa (English): An array of multiple vibrissae
Definitions
- An array of multiple vibrissae
Ancestry of “multivibrissa”, step by step
multivibrissa 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 vibrissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vibrissa | Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an... |
| 2 | Latin | vibrissae | whiskers, the hairs of the nose |
| 3 | Latin | vibro | I shake, agitate, brandish; I launch, hurl; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wibrāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wibros | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyb- | to oscillate; swing; rotate, move |