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Where does “multistage” come from?

Multistage combines English stage with Latin multi, from Latin multus meaning "many," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ml̥tos, while stage derives from Latin sto meaning "to stand," from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-.

multistage (English): Having more than one step, phase or piece

Definitions

  1. Having more than one step, phase or piece

Ancestry of “multistage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstageA phase; A platform; a surface, generally...
2Frenchstageinternship, job that a trainee is doing in a...
3Old Frenchestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
4Latinstatiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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