Where does “multiwavelength” come from?
multiwavelength (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.
multiwavelength (English): Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths
Definitions
- Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths
Ancestry of “multiwavelength”, step by step
multiwavelength 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 wavelength
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wavelength | The length of a single cycle of a wave, as... |
| 2 | English | length | The distance measured along the longest dimension... |
| 3 | Middle English | lengthe | length |
| 4 | Old English | lengþu | length |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | langiþō | longness, length |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |