Where does “unipolar” come from?
Unipolar comes from Latin unipolāris, formed from the prefix uni- meaning "one" and -polāris from polus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning "to turn."
unipolar (English): Having a single pole; Not both depressive and...
Definitions
- Having a single pole; Not both depressive and...
Ancestry of “unipolar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | uni- | API; one, single |
| 2 | Latin | ūni- | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūnus | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | oinos | one |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number
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| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |
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