Do You Hyphenate Multilayered?

Hyphenation of multilayered
This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

Should multilayered be hyphenated?

Some words with prefixes are hyphenated and other words with the same prefix aren't. For example multilayered and multi-purpose There's no hard and fast rule why this the case.

What is the root word for multilayered?

multilayer (adj.)

also multi-layer, "composed of or occurring in many layers," 1907, from multi- "many" + layer (n.).

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