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Where does “désunir” come from?

désunir (French) comes from French unir, from Old French unir, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

désunir (French): to disunite, to separate, to divide

Definitions

  1. to disunite, to separate, to divide

Ancestry of “désunir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchunirto unite, join; to combine
2Old Frenchunir—
3Latinūniō—
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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