Where does “multigauge” come from?
multigauge (English) comes from English gauge, from Middle English gauge, from Old French gauger, from Old French gauge, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
multigauge (English): Of more than one gauge
Ancestry of “multigauge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | gauge | A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument... |
| 2 | Middle English | gauge | A customary measurement or scale |
| 3 | Old French | gauger | Alternative form of jaugier |
| 4 | Old French | gauge | Alternative form of jauge; gauging rod |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |