The story
- Latin · derived fromūnus“one”
- English todayunary
From Latin ūnus (“one”) + -ary, on the pattern of binary, ternary, etc.
Words from the same roots
Latinūnus all →
unionunilateralbiuneun-unalist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
unary
Today it means: Consisting of or involving a single element or component. Full definition →
Latin ūnus