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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

  1. disunity; act of separating

Ancestry of “désunion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchUnionLegal matters: Legal contract or state in which...
2Old Frenchunion—
3Late Latinuniooneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,...
4Latinūniō—
5Latin-iō—
6Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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