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multifid en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -fidus Latin multifidusbor. English multifid From Latin multifidus, from multi- (“many”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent of multi- + -fid. Doublet of multifidus and multifidous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Cleft into many parts or lobes.
    • Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles. 1898, Adam Sedgwick et al., A Student's Text-book of Zoology:

Coordinates

quadrifid · quinquefid · sexifid · bifid · octofid · trifid · centifidous · duodecimfid · sexfid · decemfid · novemfid

Deriveds

multifidly · multifidus muscle

Translations (3)

la multifidus (Translations) · la centifidus (Translations) · ro multifid (Translations)