Etymology

unifoliate

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English foliate ← Latin foliatus ← Old Latin oinos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnus
  6. Latinūni-
  7. Englishuni-
  8. Latinfoliatus
  9. Englishfoliate
  10. English todayunifoliate

From uni- + foliate.

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