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Where does “unio” come from?

unio (Late Latin) comes 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.

unio (Late Latin): oneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,...

Definitions

  1. oneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,...

Ancestry of “unio”, step by step

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

Words derived from “unio”

  • union
  • onion
  • onions
  • unionism
  • unionized
  • nonunion
  • unionist
  • unionization
  • malunion
  • unionize
  • unionised
  • antiunion
  • nonunionized
  • unionisation
  • onionskin
  • oniony
  • Ugger
  • unionistic
  • antiunionism
  • interunion
  • onionlike
  • nonunionist
  • intraunion
  • multiunion
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