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Where does “multilayered” come from?

Multilayered comes from English layered combined with Latin multi, from Latin multus meaning "many," traced to Proto-Indo-European ml̥tos and ml̥tós, ultimately from the root mel- or mey-.

multilayered (English): Having more than one layer

Definitions

  1. Having more than one layer

Ancestry of “multilayered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmulti-More than one; pertaining to more than one thing;...
2EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
3EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
4EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
5Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
6Latintūberculum—
7Latintūber—
8Proto-Italictūβos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “multilayered”

  • multilayeredness
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