Word part · Latin prefix
The Latin prefix uni-
Means: one.
At a glance
- Part
- uni-
- Meaning
- one
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
Count the parts: a unicycle has one wheel, a bicycle two, a tricycle three.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- uni (prefix)+cycle (root or base)→unicycle
a cycle with one wheel
- uni (prefix)+form (root or base)→uniform
clothes of one shape and style worn by everyone in a group
- uni (prefix)+form (root or base)+s (suffix)→uniforms
more than one uniform
- uni (prefix)+cycle (root or base)+s (suffix)→unicycles
more than one unicycle
- uni (prefix)+cycle (root or base)+ist (suffix)→unicyclist
a person who rides a unicycle
uni + cycle + ist: drop the e → unicyclist
- uni (prefix)+form (root or base)+ly (suffix)→uniformly
in one same way all through
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Taught alongside
Parts that share a lesson with uni-.
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