Etymology

multihyphenate

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Today it means: A person with a hyphenated profession e.g. singer-songwriter, actor-director, but especially a person with several such roles. Full definition →

English hyphenate ← Late Latin hyphen ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔φέν (hŭphén)
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  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*upó
  9. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  10. Ancient Greekῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sḗm
  13. Proto-Indo-European*séms
  14. Proto-Hellenic*hens
  15. Ancient Greekεἷς, μῐ́ᾰ, ἕν (heîs, mĭ́ă, hén)
  16. Ancient Greekῠ̔φ’ ἕν (hŭph’ hén)
  17. Ancient Greekῠ̔φέν (hŭphén)
  18. Late Latinhyphen
  19. Englishhyphen
  20. Englishhyphenate
  21. English todaymultihyphenate

From multi- + hyphenate.

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