singular的词源

英文词源

singular: singular: [14] Singular comes ultimately from Latin singulāris ‘alone of its kind’, a derivative of singulus ‘single’. It reached English via Old French singuler as singuler (the modern spelling singular is a 17th-century relatinization). The word’s grammatical application, and its use for ‘remarkable, extraordinary’, both developed in Latin.
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singular (adj.): mid-14c., "alone, apart; being a unit; special, unsurpassed," from Old French singuler "personal particular; distinctive; singular in number" (12c., Modern French singulier) or directly from Latin singularis "single, solitary, one by one, one at a time; peculiar, remarkable," from singulus (see single (adj.)). Meaning "remarkably good, unusual, rare, separated from others (by excellence), uncommon" is from c. 1400 in English; this also was a common meaning of Latin singularis.

来源于拉丁语中singulus(单一的)派生的singularis(唯一的)。

词根词缀： sing(le)单一的 + -ular形容词词尾

同源词： single

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：singular 词源，singular 含义。

single,单个的，-ular,形容词后缀。引申诸相关词义。