The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκοντός“pole”
- English todayunikont
From uni- (“one”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκοντός all →
bikontheterokontisokont-kontopisthokontstephanokont
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.