Where does “unio” come from?

unio (English) comes from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

unio (English): Any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels

Ancestry of “unio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūniōa unity, union
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →