Etymology

multiweek

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Today it means: Extending over multiple weeks. Full definition →

English week ← Middle English wyke ← Old English wice
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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. Proto-Indo-European*weyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wikǭ
  10. Proto-West Germanic*wikā
  11. Old Englishwice
  12. Middle Englishwyke
  13. Englishweek
  14. English todaymultiweek

From multi- + week.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.