Where does “multitracking” come from?

multitracking (English) comes from English tracking, from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.

multitracking (English): multitrack recording

Definitions

  1. multitrack recording

Ancestry of “multitracking”, step by step

multitracking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tracking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrackingThe act or process by which something is tracked;...
2EnglishtrackA mark left by something that has passed along; A...
3Middle Englishtrak
4Old Frenchtractrack of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,...
5Middle Dutchtreck
6Old Dutchtrecken
7Proto-West Germanic*trakkjanto drag
8Proto-Germanictrakjanąto drag
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
12Chichewaiyehe, she

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti