Etymograph

English

single-user

From single + user.

A compound of single + user

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Latin singulus ‘one each’

Old French sengle

Middle English single

English single

Middle English usere

English user

Today it means

adj Of an operating system, etc., only capable of serving one user at a time, not many users simultaneously.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “single-user”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / single-user