Etymology

unipolar

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Today it means: Having a single pole. Full definition →

English polar ← Late Latin polāri ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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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. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷól-os
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pólos
  11. Ancient Greekπόλος (pólos)
  12. Latinpolus
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Late Latinpolāri
  16. Englishpolar
  17. English todayunipolar

From uni- + polar.

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