Etymology

multifunction

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Today it means: Having multiple functions. Full definition →

English function ← 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. Englishfunction
  7. English todaymultifunction

From multi- + function.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.