Where does “unsingleness” come from?
unsingleness (English) comes from English unsingle, from English single, from Middle English single, from Old French sengle, from Late Latin cingula, from Latin Cingulum, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
unsingleness (English): Quality of not being single
Definitions
- Quality of not being single
Ancestry of “unsingleness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unsingle | Not single |
| 2 | English | single | Not accompanied by anything else; one in number;... |
| 3 | Middle English | single | — |
| 4 | Old French | sengle | single; alone; alone; in an unaccompanied way |
| 5 | Late Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 6 | Latin | Cingulum | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |