Etymology

monopole

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Today it means: An appellation owned by a single winery. Full definition →

Middle French monopole ← Late Latin monopōlium
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monopole · noun1

  1. Late Latin · derived frommonopōlium“a monopoly”
  2. Middle French · derived frommonopole
  3. English todaymonopole

From the Middle French monopole or its etymon the Late Latin monopōlium (“a monopoly”).

monopole · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Englishpole
  7. English todaymonopole

From mono- + pole.

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