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Where does “unary” come from?

Unary comes from English -ary, from Latin -arius, from Latin -alis, from Proto-Indo-European óynos.

unary (English): Consisting of or involving a single element or...

Definitions

  1. Consisting of or involving a single element or...

Ancestry of “unary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūnus—
2Old Latinoinosone
3Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “unary”

  • nonunary
  • unarily
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