Un
/ʌn/noun
A Scots and northern English dialect form meaning “one” or “a person or thing.”
Did you know?“Un” belongs to the ancient Indo-European family behind words such as “one,” “only,” “alone,” and “unique,” all orbiting the idea of singularity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*óynos
“one; a single individual or thing”
Old English
Old English
ān
“one; a single unit; also “a certain””
Middle English
Middle English
on, oon
“one; a single person or thing”
14th–16th Century
Scots
ane
“one; a single person or object”
Modern dialect English
Scots/English
un
“one; someone or something, especially in regional speech”