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Where does “unitlike” come from?

unitlike (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.

unitlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a unit

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a unit

Ancestry of “unitlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunitOneness, singularity, seen as a component of a...
2EnglishuniteTo bring together as one; To come together as...
3Middle Englishuniten—
4Latinūnītus—
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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