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- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-der.?
- Latinmultiplex
- Englishmultiplex
- Englishmultiplexation
- English todaydemultiplexation
From de- + multiplexation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.