Where does “multidelay” come from?

multidelay (English) comes from English delay, from Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, from Old French delaissier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.

multidelay (English): Involving multiple delays

Definitions

  1. Involving multiple delays

Ancestry of “multidelay”, step by step

multidelay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English delay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdelayA period of time before an event occurs; the act...
2Middle Englishdelaien
3Old Frenchdelaiier
4Old Frenchdelaissierto leave; to abandon
5Old Frenchdes
6Old Frenchdeof; from
7Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
8Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
9Latindāre
10Proto-Italicdidōgive
11Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
12Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō