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Where does “multiservice” come from?

multiservice (English) comes from English service, from Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

multiservice (English): Pertaining to or offering more than one type of...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or offering more than one type of...

Ancestry of “multiservice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishserviceAn act of being of assistance to someone; The...
2Middle Englishserviseservice; servitude; vasselage
3Old Englishserfis—
4Old Frenchserviseservice; servitude; vasselage; church service
5Latinservitiumslavery, servitude; slaves; service
6Latin-itia-ness, -ity
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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