Etymology

multilocus

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Today it means: Involving multiple loci Full definition →

English locus ← Latin locu ← Middle English multi-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Latinlocu
  7. Englishlocus
  8. English todaymultilocus

From multi- + locus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.