英语词汇single-minded的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	single-minded
词源	single-minded adj. 1570s, "sincere, honest, free from duplicity;" see single (adj.) + -minded. The meaning "having a single aim or purpose, unswerving, undeviating" is by 1860. Related: Single-mindedly; single-mindedness. Single-hearted (1570s) is only in the sense of "having a sincere or honest heart." Entries linking to single-minded single adj. early 14c., "unmarried," from Old French sengle, sangle "alone, unaccompanied; simple, unadorned," from Latin singulus "one, one to each, individual, separate" (usually in plural singuli "one by one"), from PIE semgolo‑, suffixed (diminutive?) form of root sem- (1) "one; as one, together with." The meaning "consisting of one unit, individual, unaccompanied by others" is from late 14c., often merely emphatic. The meaning "undivided" is from 1580s. Single-parent (adj.) is attested from 1966. -minded "having a mind" (of a certain type), from mind (n.). updated on November 05, 2022
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single-minded adj.