Etymology

multi-purpose

English purpose ← Middle English purpos ← Latin multī
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Middle Englishpurpos
  7. Englishpurpose
  8. English todaymulti-purpose

From multi- + purpose.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.