Where does “multimediatekniikka” come from?
multimediatekniikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish multimedia, from English multimedia, from English multi-, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multimediatekniikka (Finnish): multimedia technology
Definitions
- multimedia technology
Ancestry of “multimediatekniikka”, step by step
multimediatekniikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish multimedia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | multimedia | multimedia |
| 2 | English | multimedia | The combined use of sound, video, and text to... |
| 3 | English | multi- | More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;... |
| 4 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 5 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 6 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 7 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 8 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 9 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish tekniikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tekniikka | technology; technique; method |
| 2 | Swedish | teknik | a technique; technology |
| 3 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 4 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |