Etymology

multidevice

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Today it means: Involving or having multiple devices. Full definition →

English device ← Middle English devis ← Old French devis
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Latindis-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  11. Proto-Italic*wiðō
  12. Latin*vidō
  13. Latindīvidō
  14. Latindīvīsus
  15. Old Frenchdevis
  16. Middle Englishdevis
  17. Englishdevice
  18. English todaymultidevice

From multi- + device.

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