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T R I = Three X; B I = Two X; But For X? Is There A Prefix For One/a Single Something?

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gl556tr | 19:32 Fri 27th Oct 2017 | ChatterBank
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Not sure where to pose this, but here goes.

One has tricycle, bicycle, and is it unicycle? So, for a single something 'tis "uni-"?
But with triathlon and biathlon, I cannot imagine a uni-athlon!

Anybody enlightenment would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Uni from Latin or mono from Greek. There wouldn't be a uni-athlon as that would just be the one sport presumably called by it's usual name.
19:38 Fri 27th Oct 2017
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P: thank you. Of course, monotonous - perhaps in days of yore, 'twas one-toned!
Yes, I was pushing it a trifle on a single sport ...
19:48 Fri 27th Oct 2017
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"trifle"....or bi-fle...or uni-fle....?
19:51 Fri 27th Oct 2017

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