English
monorotor
Monorotor comes from Ancient Greek μόνος ‘alone, forsaken, solitary’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mónwosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμόνοςmónos‘alone, forsaken, solitary’
- English1500–presentrotor
- Englishtodaymonorotor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mónwosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμόνοςmónos‘alone, forsaken, solitary’
- English1500–presentrotor
- Englishtodaymonorotor
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Hellenic *mónwos
Ancient Greek μόνος ‘alone, only, sole, single’
English mono-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
music, mind, money, amount, comment, mental, remain, museum, mouth, permanent, mountain, mention, min, mount, auto, monster, mint, maya, demonstration, dementia, monetary, imminent, monitor, amnesty, muse, eminent, monument, menace, ming, mentor, mas, mandarin, mantra, mania, muster, prominence, mosaic, amnesia, manic, remnant, 124 more
through Ancient Greek μόνος ‘alone, forsaken, solitary’
monk, monastery, munch, minster, monolith, monochromatic, monad, monism, 13 more
Today it means
adj Having one rotor; having one main rotor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / monorotor