Where does “desunionar” come from?
desunionar (Ido) comes from Ido unionar, from Ido uniono, from English Union, from English onion, from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō — he, she.
desunionar (Ido): to disunite
Ancestry of “desunionar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | unionar | to unite, join together in purpose |
| 2 | Ido | uniono | union |
| 3 | English | Union | The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement |
| 4 | English | onion | A monocotyledonous plant , allied to garlic, used... |
| 5 | Middle English | onyoun | — |
| 6 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 7 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |