Etymology

unibody

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Today it means: An automobile construction technique in which the body is integrated into a single unit with the chassis rather than having a separate body-on-frame. Full definition →

English body ← Middle English bodi ← Old English bodiġ
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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. Englishuni-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*budagą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*bodag
  11. Old Englishbodiġ
  12. Middle Englishbodi
  13. Englishbody
  14. English todayunibody

From uni- + body.

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