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Where does “unionless” come from?

unionless (English) comes from English Union, from English onion, from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

unionless (English): Without an industrial union

Definitions

  1. Without an industrial union

Ancestry of “unionless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUnionThe 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement
2EnglishonionA monocotyledonous plant , allied to garlic, used...
3Middle Englishonyoun—
4Old Frenchoignononion
5Latinūniō—
6Latin-iō—
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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