English Explanatory Dictionary

multifid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Cleft into many parts or lobes.

Word forms

multifid

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 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.

Derived words

multifidly multifidus muscle
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