From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *ml̥tós (“crumbled, crumpled”), from *mel-. *<span class="searchmatch">moltos</span> (comparative *moltjōs, superlative *moltisemos) much many *paukos *moltā...
Unknown. Possible derivations include: A substantivization of *<span class="searchmatch">moltos</span> (“many”) (whence Latin multus), from an earlier base sense "quantity". If the Latin...