Where does “unimodal” come from?

Unimodal comes from English uni- plus modal, from Middle French modal, from Latin modalis, from Latin modus meaning measure or manner, from Proto-Indo-European med-.

unimodal (English): Having, or operating in, a single mode

Definitions

  1. Having, or operating in, a single mode

Ancestry of “unimodal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmodalof, or relating to a mode or modus; of, relating...
2Middle Frenchmodal—
3Latinmodalispertaining to a mode
4Latinmodusmeasure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “unimodal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →