The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sem-“one, together”
- Proto-Italic · derived from*sem-g-lo-
- Latin · derived fromsingillatim“singly", "one by one”
- French · borrowed fromsingulatif
- English todaysingulative
From French singulatif, from Latin singillatim (“singly", "one by one”), from singulus (“single", "separate”), from Proto-Italic *sem-g-lo-, a diminutive form derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*sem- all →
somesamesingleseemsamassemblesinceresimplexassimilatesemblanceselfsamesimulacrumbeseemheterodontsiglum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.