Etymology

multistep

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Today it means: Involving multiple steps Full definition →

English step ← Middle English steppen ← Old English stæppan
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
  8. Old Englishstæppan
  9. Middle Englishsteppen
  10. Englishstep
  11. English todaymultistep

From multi- + step.

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