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Where does “singuler” come from?

singuler (Middle English) comes from Latin singulāris, from Latin singulus, from Proto-Italic sem-g-lo-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Ancestry of “singuler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsingulāris—
2Latinsingulussingle; apiece; every
3Proto-Italicsem-g-lo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “singuler”

  • singular
  • singularly
  • nonsingular
  • singularization
  • hypersingular
  • singularize
  • singularist
  • desingularization
  • supersingular
  • sinsign
  • singularise
  • resingularization
  • desingularize
  • singularness
  • equisingular
  • cosingular
  • non-singular
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