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Where does “multicarte” come from?

multicarte (French) comes from French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

multicarte (French): representing multiple companies

Definitions

  1. representing multiple companies

Ancestry of “multicarte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcartecard; chart; map; menu
2Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
3Frenchcartela cartel
4Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
5Italiancartapaper; map; menu
6Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
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