Etymology

singlehood

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Today it means: The state of being single (unattached or unmarried). Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English single
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The story

  1. Englishsingle
  2. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  3. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  4. English todaysinglehood

From single + -hood.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.