multiplanetary

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Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English planet
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-āsijos
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English planetary
English multiplanetary

    From multi- + planetary.

    Adjective

    multiplanetary (not comparable)

    1. Consisting, pertaining to, or spread across of multiple planets.
      a multiplanetary empire
      • 2016, Priyamvada Natarajan, Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos‎[1]:
        As of November 10, 2015, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered, some of them in the 484 known multiplanetary systems.
      • 2026 June 12, Bernard Condon, “SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire”, in AP News‎[2], archived from the original on 12 June 2026:
        He [Elon Musk] reiterated his lofty goals “to make life multiplanetary.”
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