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multiplication

Today it means: The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects. Full definition →

Old French multiplicacion ← Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem

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Latin · derived frommultiplicatio, multiplicationem
Old French · derived frommultiplicacion
English todaymultiplication

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.