Etymology

multithreaded

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Today it means: Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together. Full definition →

English threaded ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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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. Englishthread
  9. Englishthreaded
  10. English todaymultithreaded

From multi- + threaded.

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