Etymology

multicolored

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Today it means: Having multiple colors. Full definition →

English colored ← 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. Englishcolored
  7. English todaymulticolored

From multi- + colored.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.