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notranslate">dividere</span> "divide" (see <a href="/word/divide#etymonline_v_11546" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of divide " class="crossreference notranslate">divide</a> (v.)). Original sense now obsolete; the word was not common before c. 1600 and the 15c. example might be an outlier. Sense of "single, separate, of but one person or thing" is from 1610s; meaning "intended for one person" is from 1889.</p> <blockquote> <span class="foreign notranslate">Individual</span> views a person as standing alone, or persons as standing separately before the mind: as, the rights of the <span class="foreign notranslate">individual</span>; the rights of <span class="foreign notranslate">individuals</span>: it is incorrect to use <span class="foreign notranslate">individual</span> for <span class="foreign notranslate">person</span> unemphatically ; as, there were several <span class="foreign notranslate">individuals</span> in the room. [Century Dictionary] </blockquote></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:early%2015c.">early 15c.</a></div><div class="chart--2x1ib"><div class="chart"><img src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/etymology-individual-6393p_l.jpg?t=1634142733000" alt="Origin and meaning of individual"/></div></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_41887" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of individual" class="word__name--TTbAA">individual<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"single object or thing," c. 1600, from <a href="/word/individual#etymonline_v_6393" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of individual " class="crossreference notranslate">individual</a> (adj.). Meaning "a single human being" (as opposed to a group, etc.) is from 1640s. Colloquial sense of "person" is attested from 1742. Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">individuum</span> as a noun meant "an atom, indivisible particle," and in Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">individuum</span> was used in sense of "individual member of a species" (early 15c.).</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201600">c. 1600</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to individual">Entries linking to <i>individual</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of divide" href="/word/divide#etymonline_v_11546">divide<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>early 14c., "separate into parts or pieces," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">dividere</span> "to force apart, cleave, distribute," from assimilated form of <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> "apart" (see <a href="/word/dis-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dis- " class="crossreference notranslate">dis-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">-videre</span> "to separate," which, according to de Vaan, is from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*(d)uid-</span> "to separate, distinguish" (source also of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">avidhat</span> "allotted," Old Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">vida-</span> "to devote oneself to"). He writes: "The original PIE verb ... (which became thematic in Latin) meant 'to divide in two, separate'. It lost initial *d- through dissimilation in front of the next dental stop, and was reinforced by <span class="foreign notranslate">dis-</span> in Latin ...." Also compare <a href="/word/devise" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of devise " class="crossreference notranslate">devise</a>.</p> <p>It is attested from late 14c. as "sever the union or connection with," also "disunite, cause to disagree in opinion." Intransitive sense of "become separated into parts" is from 1520s. Mathematical sense "perform the operation of division" is from early 15c. <span class="foreign notranslate">Divide and rule</span> (c. 1600) translates Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">divide et impera</span>, a maxim of Machiavelli. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Divided</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">dividing</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of individualism" href="/word/individualism#etymonline_v_30026">individualism<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"quality of being distinct or individual, individuality," 1815, from <a href="/word/individual" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of individual " class="crossreference notranslate">individual</a> + <a href="/word/-ism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ism " class="crossreference notranslate">-ism</a>. As the name of a social philosophy favoring non-interference of government in lives of individuals (opposed to <span class="foreign notranslate">communism</span> and <span class="foreign notranslate">socialism</span>) first attested 1851 in writings of J.S. Mill.</p> <blockquote> Is it not the chief disgrace in the world, not to be an unit; not to be reckoned one character; not to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundred, or the thousand, of the party, the section, to which we belong; and our opinion predicted geographically, as the north or the south? [Emerson, "The American Scholar," 1837] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of individualist" href="/word/individualist"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">individualist</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of individuality" href="/word/individuality"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">individuality</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of individualize" href="/word/individualize"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">individualize</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of individually" href="/word/individually"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">individually</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of individuate" href="/word/individuate"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">individuate</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of individuation" href="/word/individuation"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">individuation</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of in-" href="/word/in-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">in-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/individual/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->9<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of individual">Trends of <i>individual</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of common" href="/word/common"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">common<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, "belonging to all, owned or used jointly, general, of a public nature or character," from Old French comun "common, general, free, open, public" (9c., Modern French commun), from Latin communis "in common, public, shared by all or many; general, not specific; familiar, n</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of single" href="/word/single"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">single<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">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</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of private" href="/word/private"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">private<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "pertaining or belonging to oneself, not shared, peculiar to an individual only;" of a thing, "not open to the public, for the use of privileged persons;" of a religious rule, "not shared by Christians generally, distinctive;" from Latin privatus "set apart (from what </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of personal" href="/word/personal"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">personal<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "private, pertaining to the self or to a self-conscious individual; performed by the individual himself," from...As "a classified ad addressed to an individual," it is recorded from 1861. Personal computer is from 1976....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of proper" href="/word/proper"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">proper<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">fitting, appropriate" (11c.) and directly from Latin proprius "one's own, particular to itself," from pro privo "for the individual..., in particular," from ablative of privus "one's own, individual" (see private (adj.)) + pro "for" (see pro-)....From early 14c. as "belonging or pertaining to oneself; individual; intrinsic;" also as "pertaining to a person or thing...Proper name "name belonging to or relating to the person or thing in question, name given to an individual of a class for...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of geratology" href="/word/geratology"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">geratology<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">can I better convey my conviction that there is a traceable correspondence between all manifestations of decline in the individual...and in the group to which the individual belongs, which may, like embryology, be used inductively in reasoning upon the...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of singularity" href="/word/singularity"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">singularity<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"unusual or exceptional behavior;" mid-14c as "singleness of aim or purpose, devotion to a single thing;" late 14c. as "individual..." from singularis "single, solitary, one by one, one at a time; peculiar, remarkable," from singulus "one, one to each, individual...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of candidate" href="/word/candidate"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">candidate<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"person who seeks or is put forward for an office by election or appointment," c. 1600, from Latin candidatus "one aspiring to office," originally "white-robed," past participle of candidare "to make white or bright," from candidus, past participle of candere "to shine" (from PIE</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of intellectual" href="/word/intellectual"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">intellectual<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "grasped by the understanding" (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel (13c.) and directly from Latin intellectualis "relating to the understanding," from intellectus "discernment, understanding," noun use of past participle of intelligere "to underst</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Caucasian" href="/word/Caucasian"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Caucasian<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1807, of or pertaining to the Caucasus Mountains (q.v.), with -ian. Applied to the "white" race 1795 (in Latin) by German anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840), who in his pioneering treatise on anthropology distinguished mankind into five races: Mongolian, Ethio</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div class="share-tool socialShare--223YS"><h3 title="Share individual to social networks" class="socialShare__title--34iP2">Share <i>individual</i></h3><div class="cite--1qJ-_ share-cite">‘<!-- -->cite<!-- -->’</div><a title="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Findividual" data-social-target="Facebook" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__facebook--2fm3U fa-facebook"></a><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Findividual&text=individual%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20individual%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Twitter" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__twitter--1iFxf fa-twitter"></a><a title="Share on Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Findividual&title=individual%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20individual%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Reddit" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__reddit--30bBu fa-reddit"></a><a title="Share on Email" href="mailto:?subject=individual%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20individual%20by%20etymonline&body=%22one%20and%20indivisible%2C%20inseparable%22%20(with%20reference%20to%20the%20Trinity)%2C%20from%20Medieval%20Latin%E2%80%A6%20See%20origin%20and%20meaning%20of%20individual.%0Afrom%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Findividual%20Find%20out%20more%20at%20etymonline.com" data-social-target="Email" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__email--3hVBm fa-email"></a><div class="cite__content--3ghsO cite-content"><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">Page URL:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">https://www.etymonline.com/word/individual</textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">HTML Link:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly=""><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/individual">Etymology of individual by etymonline</a></textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">APA style:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">Harper, D. 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class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">individuality</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of individualization" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/individualization"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">individualization</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of individualize" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/individualize"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">individualize</p></a></div></div></div></div><div class="alphabet--3sMXd"><ul class="alphabet__inner--2NEtM"><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter A"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=a">A</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter B"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=b">B</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter C"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=c">C</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter D"><a 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