Where does “unional” come from?
unional (Romanian) comes from Romanian uniune, from French Union, from Old French union, from Late Latin unio, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
unional (Romanian): related to the union – the European Union, its tariff union, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (of which the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was a member) etc
Definitions
- related to the union – the European Union, its tariff union, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (of which the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was a member) etc
Ancestry of “unional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | uniune | union, connection, association, alliance |
| 2 | French | Union | Legal matters: Legal contract or state in which... |
| 3 | Old French | union | unity, union |
| 4 | Late Latin | unio | oneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,... |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |