Where does “dezunire” come from?
dezunire (Romanian) comes from Romanian dezuni, from Romanian uni, from French uni, from French université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin universitas, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
dezunire (Romanian): disunity
Definitions
- disunity
Ancestry of “dezunire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dezuni | to disunite, divide, split, sever, separate |
| 2 | Romanian | uni | to unite, merge, join |
| 3 | French | uni | past participle of unir; united; university |
| 4 | French | université | university |
| 5 | Old French | universitei | university |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | universitas | group of teachers and students; university;... |
| 7 | Latin | ūniversitās | the whole |
| 8 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 9 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 10 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |