Where does “singler” come from?
singler (English) comes from Middle English singler, from French sangler, from French sangle, from Old French cengle, from Vulgar Latin cingla, from Late Latin cingula, from Latin Cingulum, from Latin -ulum — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
singler (English): Singular
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Ancestry of “singler”, step by step
singler traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English singler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | singler | — |
| 2 | French | sangler | to strap up; to strap; to tell off, chide |
| 3 | French | sangle | strap; ripcord; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Old French | cengle | fence; girdle |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cingla | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 7 | Latin | Cingulum | situated on a lofty hill, now Cingoli |
| 8 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English single
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | single | Not accompanied by anything else; one in number;... |
| 2 | Middle English | single | — |
| 3 | Old French | sengle | single; alone; alone; in an unaccompanied way |
| 4 | Latin | singulus | single; apiece; every |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sem-g-lo- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |