monad

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*men-
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμονάς
3. Latin · derived frommonas“unit”
4. English todaymonad

From Latin monas (“unit”) (from Ancient Greek μονάς (monás), from μόνος (mónos), from Proto-Indo-European *men-). By surface analysis, mono- + -ad.

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