Where does “unitage” come from?
unitage (English) comes from English unit, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
unitage (English): The determination of the amount of something to be regarded as a unit
Definitions
- The determination of the amount of something to be regarded as a unit
Ancestry of “unitage”, step by step
unitage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unit | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a... |
| 2 | English | unite | To bring together as one; To come together as... |
| 3 | Middle English | uniten | to annex; to unite |
| 4 | Latin | ūnītus | united |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |