Etymograph

English

uniseriate

Uniseriate comes from Latin ūniseriātus, from seriātus ‘lined, seried’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ís ‘this, he’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ís1‘this, he’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos1‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos1‘one’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinos1
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnus1‘one, single’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEseriātus1‘lined, seried’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniseriātus2
  8. Englishtodayuniseriate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin uniseriatus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English uniseriate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ísWiktionary, Latin uniseriatus‘this, he’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynosWiktionary, Latin uniseriatus‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinosWiktionary, Latin uniseriatus‘one’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinosWiktionary, Latin uniseriatus
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnusWiktionary, Latin uniseriatus‘one, single’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEseriātusWiktionary, Latin uniseriatus‘lined, seried’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniseriātusWiktionary, English uniseriate
  8. EnglishtodayuniseriateWiktionary, English uniseriate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ís ‘this, he’

id, yon, yonder, 13 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

an, one, no, only, any, none, 19 more

through Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’

null, 17 more

through Old Latin oinos

universally, 13 more

through Latin ūnus ‘one, single’

union, unique, universal, unite, uno, triune, 14 more

Today it means

adj Having a single line or series

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “uniseriate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin uniseriatus. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *ís / uniseriate

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