Where does “ユニーク” come from?

ユニーク (Japanese) comes from English unique, from French unique, from Latin ūnicus, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

ユニーク (Japanese): unique

Definitions

  1. unique

Ancestry of “ユニーク”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuniqueBeing the only one of its kind; unequaled,...
2Frenchuniqueunique; only
3Latinūnicusonly, sole, single
4Latinūnusone, single
5Old Latinoinosone
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →