Etymology of the English word multinational
the English word
multinationalusing the English prefix
multi-derived from the Latin word
multus (many; much, many, great)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mel-derived from the English word
nationalderived from the English word
nationderived from the Old French word
nationderived from the Latin word
natio (nation, people; birth)
derived from the Latin word
natus (birth; age, years; born, arisen; made; son; child; children)
derived from the Latin word
nasci (be born, begotten, formed; be produced spontaneously, come into existence, being)
derived from the Latin word
nascerederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*genÉ™-using the English suffix
-alderived from the Latin suffix
-alisUsage
Word found in Modern English