Etymology

multicharacter

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Today it means: Involving or performing multiple characters Full definition →

English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  9. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  10. Latincharactēr
  11. Old Frenchcaractere
  12. Middle Englishcaracter
  13. Englishcharacter
  14. English todaymulticharacter

From multi- + character.

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