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

  1. Having a single pole; Not both depressive and...

Ancestry of “unipolar”, 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

Words derived from “unipolar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Old Latin oinos →