Etymology

disunite

D2I1S1U1N1I1T1E1

Today it means: To cause disagreement or alienation among or within. Full definition →

English unite ← Middle English uniten ← Latin ūnītu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  12. Proto-Italic*oinos
  13. Old Latinoinos
  14. Latinūnus
  15. Latinūniō
  16. Latinūnītu
  17. Middle Englishuniten
  18. Englishunite
  19. English todaydisunite

From dis- + unite.

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