Where does “unipolar” come from?

unipolar (Romanian) comes from French unipolaire, from French uni-, from Latin ūni-, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

unipolar (Romanian): unipolar

Definitions

  1. unipolar

Ancestry of “unipolar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchunipolaireunipolar
2Frenchuni-uni
3Latinūni-one; uni
4Latinūnusone, single
5Old Latinoinosone
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Italic oinos →Every word from Old Latin oinos →