Etymology of the French word multiprocesseur
the French word
multiprocesseurderived from the English word
multiprocessorusing 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
processorderived from the English word
processusing the English suffix
-orderived from the English word
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The earliest known usage of multiprocesseur in French dates from the 20th century.