Where does “unir” come from?

unir (French) comes 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.

unir (French): to unite, join; to combine

Definitions

  1. to unite, join; to combine

Ancestry of “unir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchunir—
2Latinūniōa unity, union
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “unir”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →