onefold

Etymology

Comes from Middle English onfold, anfald ('single, simple, honest, onefold'), from Old English ānfeald ('single, simple', literally 'onefold'), from Proto-West Germanic *ainfald, from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz ('onefold, simple'), formed from one and -fold. It is cognate with Dutch eenvoud ('simplicity, easiness'), German Einfalt ('simplicity') and einfach ('simple'), Icelandic einfaldur ('simple'), and Gothic ???????? (ainfalþs, 'simple'). See also one and -fold.