Where does “multiwicked” come from?
multiwicked (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.
multiwicked (English): Having more than one wick
Definitions
- Having more than one wick
Ancestry of “multiwicked”, step by step
multiwicked 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 wicked
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wicked | Evil or mischievous by nature; Excellent;... |
| 2 | Middle English | wicked | Alternative form of wikked |
| 3 | Middle English | wicke | Alternative form of wikke; wick |
| 4 | Old English | wiċċa | (male) witch, wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *wikkō | sorcerer, warlock |