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From multiply + -c- + -atory or multiplicate + -ory, compare multiplication, multiplicative.
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From multiply + -c- + -atory or multiplicate + -ory, compare multiplication, multiplicative.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.