Where does “reunification” come from?
Reunification comes from English unification with the prefix re-, from Old French re- and Latin re-, combined with Latin facere meaning to make or do, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
reunification (English): The unification of something that was previously...
Definitions
- The unification of something that was previously...
Ancestry of “reunification”, step by step
reunification traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French réunifier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | réunifier | to reunite, reunify |
| 2 | French | unifier | to unify |
| 3 | Old French | unifier | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | ūnificō | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | unificare | — |
| 6 | Latin | facere | present active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to... |
| 7 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English unification
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unification | The act of unifying; The state of being unified;... |
| 2 | English | -ification | The process of becoming |
| 3 | Old French | -ification | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ficatio | — |