Etymology

multiethnic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of several ethnic groups. Full definition →

English ethnic ← Middle English ethnik ← Latin ethnicus
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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. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swe-dʰh₁-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*séswōtʰa
  12. Ancient Greekἔθω (éthō)
  13. Ancient Greekἔθνος (éthnos)
  14. Ancient Greekἐθνικός (ethnikós)
  15. Latinethnicus
  16. Middle Englishethnik
  17. Englishethnic
  18. English todaymultiethnic

From multi- + ethnic.

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