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Where does “multisheet” come from?

multisheet (English) comes from English sheet, from English shit, from Middle Dutch schite, from Old Dutch skīta, from Old Saxon skiti, from Proto-Germanic skītaz, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

multisheet (English): Having or relating to more than one sheet

Definitions

  1. Having or relating to more than one sheet

Ancestry of “multisheet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsheetA thin bed cloth used as a covering for a...
2EnglishshitSolid excretory product evacuated from the...
3Middle Dutchschite—
4Old Dutchskīta—
5Old Saxonskiti—
6Proto-Germanicskītaz—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
9Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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