multilane

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin multīder.

Middle English multi-

English multi-

English lane

English multilane

From multi- + lane.

Adjective

multilane (not comparable)

1. (of a road or of vehicular traffic) Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
   • 1972 March 27, “Away from Highways”, in Time:

     The Government since 1956 has laced the U.S. with 33,000 miles of multilane highways.

   • 2002 October 28, “Mail Call: Ten Years From Now”, in Newsweek:

     What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks.