Etymology

multi-pass

Today it means: Involving several passes over something. Full definition →

English pass ← Middle English passen ← Old French passer
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  7. Proto-Italic*pattus
  8. Latinpassus
  9. Vulgar Latin*passāre
  10. Old Frenchpasser
  11. Middle Englishpassen
  12. Englishpass
  13. English todaymulti-pass

From multi- + pass.

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