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
- to unite, join; to combine
Ancestry of “unir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | unir | — |
| 2 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “unir”