Where does “unite” come from?
Unite comes from Latin unitus, the past participle of Latin unio, derived from the Latin suffix -io attached to Proto-Indo-European óynos, meaning "one."
unite (English): To bring together as one; To come together as...
Definitions
- To bring together as one; To come together as...
Ancestry of “unite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | uniten | — |
| 2 | Latin | ūnītus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “unite”