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1. Latin · derived fromindīviduum“an indivisible thing”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromindīviduālis
3. English todayindividual

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”).

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