myEtymology.com: French etymology of individual

Etymology of the French word individual

the Old French word individual

derived from the Medieval Latin word individualis (individual)

derived from the Latin word individuus (indivisible, inseparable)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word in-

derived from the Latin word viduus (widowed, deprived of; bereft)

derived from the Late Latin word dividere

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Late Latin word videre (see, look at; consider)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid-

Word found in Old French