Etymology

multiplatinum

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Today it means: Having exceeded the platinum level of sales on multiple occasions Full definition →

English platinum ← Spanish platina ← Vulgar Latin *plattus
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Vulgar Latin*plattus
  7. Spanishplata
  8. Spanishplatina
  9. Englishplatinum
  10. English todaymultiplatinum

From multi- + platinum.

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