Etymology

disunity

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Today it means: The lack of unity or cohesion. Full definition →

English unity ← Middle English unite ← Latin dis-
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The story

  1. Latindis-
  2. Old Frenchdes-
  3. Latindis-
  4. Middle Englishdis-
  5. Englishdis-
  6. Middle Englishunite
  7. Englishunity
  8. English todaydisunity

From dis- + unity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.