Etymology

ununiform

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Today it means: Not uniform. Full definition →

English uniform ← Middle French uniforme ← Latin uniformis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  10. Proto-Italic*oinos
  11. Old Latinoinos
  12. Latinūnus
  13. Latinūni-
  14. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  15. Latinfōrma
  16. Latinuniformis
  17. Middle Frenchuniforme
  18. Englishuniform
  19. English todayununiform

From un- + uniform.

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