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Single

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means only one, individual, or not in a romantic relationship
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Stage 1 of 2
singulus
Latin · ancient
"one at a time, individual"
one at a time, individual
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Stage 2 of 2
single
English · 1300s
"only one, or not married"
settled as the English word for only one, or unmarried
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