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Where does “unification” come from?

unification (French) comes from French unifier, from Old French unifier, from Late Latin ūnificō, from Late Latin unificare, from Latin facere, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō — to do, put, place.

unification (French): unification

Definitions

  1. unification

Ancestry of “unification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchunifierto unify
2Old Frenchunifier—
3Late Latinūnificō—
4Late Latinunificare—
5Latinfacerepresent active infinitive of faciō; do, make; to...
6LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
7Proto-Italicfakjōto make
8Proto-Italic*θakjō—
9Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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