Etymology

multiplayer

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Today it means: Requiring or allowing multiple (or more than the usual two) players to play simultaneously. Full definition →

English player ← Middle English pleyere ← Old English pleġere
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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. Proto-West Germanic*plegō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*plegōn
  10. Old Englishplegian
  11. Old Englishpleġere
  12. Middle Englishpleyere
  13. Englishplayer
  14. English todaymultiplayer

From multi- + player.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.