individuo

/indiˈbidwo/ · B1 · adj

individual

🧍 in + dividuo = not divisible: one person you can't split in two

From Latin individuus, undivided: in- (not) + dividere (to divide), the same root as English divide and individual. As an adjective it means indivisible. Today it is mostly a noun: un individuo = an individual, a person, a guy.

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