Where does “désunion” come from?
désunion (French) comes from French Union, from Old French union, from Late Latin unio, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
désunion (French): disunity; act of separating
Definitions
- disunity; act of separating
Ancestry of “désunion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Union | Legal matters: Legal contract or state in which... |
| 2 | Old French | union | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | unio | oneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,... |
| 4 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |