Etymology

multiboot

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Today it means: Having several operating systems available, such that any of them can be selected each time the computer is booted. Full definition →

English boot ← Middle English bote ← Old French bote
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  8. Frankish*bautander.?
  9. Old Frenchbote
  10. Middle Englishbote
  11. Englishboot
  12. English todaymultiboot

From multi- + boot.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.