Where does “unification” come from?
Unification comes from Old French unification, derived from Latin unificātiō, from the Latin verb facere meaning "to make," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁- meaning "to put or place."
unification (English): The act of unifying; The state of being unified;...
Definitions
- The act of unifying; The state of being unified;...
Ancestry of “unification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unify | Cause to become one; make into a unit;... |
| 2 | Middle French | unifier | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | unificare | — |
| 4 | Latin | facere | present active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to... |
| 5 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
Words derived from “unification”