Where does “unikernel” come from?

unikernel (English) comes from English uni-, from Latin ūni-, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

unikernel (English): A specialised, fixed-purpose machine image which can run directly on hardware or a hypervisor without an operating system such as Linux

Definitions

  1. A specialised, fixed-purpose machine image which can run directly on hardware or a hypervisor without an operating system such as Linux

Ancestry of “unikernel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishuni-API; one, single
2Latinūni-one; uni
3Latinūnusone, single
4Old Latinoinosone
5Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Old Latin oinos →