Etymology

uni-

Today it means: one, single Full definition →

Latin ūni- ← Old Latin oinos ← Proto-Italic *oinos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnus
  6. Latinūni-
  7. English todayuni-

From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”).

Words from the same roots

Latinuni- all →

Unilingua

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.