Etymology

multiplanetary

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Today it means: Consisting, pertaining to, or spread across of multiple planets. Full definition →

English planetary ← 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. Englishplanet
  9. Englishplanetary
  10. English todaymultiplanetary

From multi- + planetary.

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