Etymology

multiple

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Today it means: More than one (followed by plural). Full definition →

French multiple ← Late Latin multiplus
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  1. Late Latin · derived frommultiplus
  2. French · derived frommultiple
  3. English todaymultiple

From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.