Etymology

multicausal

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Today it means: having multiple causes Full definition →

English causal ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishcausal
  7. English todaymulticausal

From multi- + causal.

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