Where does “singular” come from?

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

singular (Portuguese): singular (being the only one of a kind)

Definitions

  1. singular (being the only one of a kind)

Ancestry of “singular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsingulārissingular, unique, unusual
2Latinsingulussingle; apiece; every
3Proto-Italicsem-g-lo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Italic sem-g-lo- →Every word from Latin singulus →