Etymology

unijugate

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Today it means: Having only one pair of leaflets. Full definition →

English jugate ← Latin ūni- ← 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. Englishjugate
  9. English todayunijugate

From uni- + jugate.

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