Where does “union” come from?

union (Middle French) 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.

Ancestry of “union”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūniōa unity, union
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 “union”

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