Etymology

unique

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Today it means: Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched. Full definition →

French unique ← Latin unicus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromunicus
  2. French · borrowed fromunique
  3. English todayunique

Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.