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Where does “multioccupancy” come from?

multioccupancy (English) comes from English occupancy, from English occupant, from Latin occupans, from Latin occupō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

multioccupancy (English): occupancy of a building by more than one separate...

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  1. occupancy of a building by more than one separate...

Ancestry of “multioccupancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoccupancyThe act of occupying, the state of being occupied...
2EnglishoccupantA person who occupies an office or a position; A...
3Latinoccupansoccupying, filling, taking up; seizing, invading,...
4Latinoccupō—
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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