Etymology

multilayered

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Today it means: Having more than one layer. Full definition →

English layered ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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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. Englishlayered
  9. English todaymultilayered

From multi- + layered.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.