multiple的词源

英文词源

multiple (adj.)

1640s, "involving many parts," from French multiple (14c.), from Late Latin multiplus "manifold," from Latin multi- "many, much" (see multi-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). The noun is from 1680s, in mathematics, from the adjective. Multiple choice as a type of question attested from 1828. Multiple exposure first recorded 1923.

中文词源

multiple：多重的，多样的

来源于拉丁语multus(许多的)的派生词multiplus。

词根词缀： -multi-多重的 + -ple…倍的

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：multiple 词源，multiple 含义。

multiple：倍数，数量多的

multi-,许多，多个，-ple,倍数，词源同imply,comply.