Etymology

unicellular

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Today it means: Describing any microorganism that has a single cell. Full definition →

English cellular ← Latin ūni- ← Old Latin 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. Englishuni-
  8. Englishcellular
  9. English todayunicellular

From uni- + cellular.

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