Etymology

multivalued

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Today it means: Of a function, associating one or more values of its range with each value of its domain. Full definition →

English valued ← 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. Englishvalued
  9. English todaymultivalued

From multi- + valued.

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