Where does “multiplying” come from?
Multiplying derives from English multiple, from French multiple, from Latin multus meaning "many," combined with Latin plico meaning "to fold," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ḱóm and līg-.
multiplying (English): present participle of multiply; An act of...
Definitions
- present participle of multiply; An act of...
Ancestry of “multiplying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | multiply | To increase the amount, degree or number of; To... |
| 2 | English | ply | A layer of material; A strand that, twisted... |
| 3 | English | apply | To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or... |
| 4 | Middle English | aplien | — |
| 5 | Old French | applier | to bend; to apply |
| 6 | Latin | applicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |