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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

  1. The act of unifying; The state of being unified;...

Ancestry of “unification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunifyCause to become one; make into a unit;...
2Middle Frenchunifier—
3Late Latinunificare—
4Latinfacerepresent active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to...
5LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
6Proto-Italicfakjōto make
7Proto-Italic*θakjō—
8Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “unification”

  • reunification
  • unificationist
  • Unificationist
  • preunification
  • disunification
  • Unificationism
  • antiunification
  • antireunification
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