Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “deunionize” come from?

deunionize (English) comes from English unionize, from English ionize, from English -ize, from Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Latin -izō, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.

deunionize (English): To remove from, dissolve, or prohibit membership...

Definitions

  1. To remove from, dissolve, or prohibit membership...

Ancestry of “deunionize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunionizeTo organize workers into a union
2EnglishionizeTo dissociate atoms or molecules into...
3English-izeUsed to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
4Middle English-isen-ise, -ize
5Middle French-iser-ize
6Latin-izō—
7Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
8Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
9Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →