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- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Ancient Greekαἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekαἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
- Latinaetiologia
- Englishetiology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishetiological
- English todaymultietiological
From multi- + etiological.
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