Etymology

unimodal

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Today it means: Having, or operating in, a single mode. Full definition →

English modal ← 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. Englishmodal
  9. English todayunimodal

From uni- + modal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.