Etymology

multicar

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Today it means: Using or involving multiple cars Full definition →

English car ← Middle English carre ← Anglo-Norman carre
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  8. Proto-Celtic*karros
  9. Gaulish*karros
  10. Latincarrus
  11. Anglo-Normancarre
  12. Middle Englishcarre
  13. Englishcar
  14. English todaymulticar

From multi- + car.

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