Etymology

multipart

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Today it means: having multiple parts Full definition →

English part ← Middle English part ← Old English part
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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. Old Frenchpart
  9. Latinpartem
  10. Old Englishpart
  11. Middle Englishpart
  12. Englishpart
  13. English todaymultipart

From multi- + part.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.