Etymology

multihull

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Today it means: A boat with two or more hulls. Full definition →

English hull ← 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. Englishhull
  7. English todaymultihull

From multi- + hull.

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