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Where does “unión” come from?

unión (Spanish) comes from Late Latin unio, 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.

unión (Spanish): union; binding, junction; unity, togetherness

Definitions

  1. union; binding, junction; unity, togetherness

Ancestry of “unión”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinuniooneness, unity; a unity, union; the number one,...
2Latinūniō—
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “unión”

  • unionista
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