Etymology

unity

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Today it means: Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity. Full definition →

Middle English unite ← Old French unité ← Latin ūnitās
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unity · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*óynos“one, single”
  2. Latin · derived fromūnitās
  3. Old French · derived fromunité
  4. Middle English · inherited fromunite
  5. English todayunity

From Middle English unite, from Anglo-Norman, Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) + noun of state suffix -itās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”), hence distantly related to one and an. By surface analysis, unite + -y. Displaced native Old English ānnes (literally “oneness”).

Unity · proper noun2

Majuscule letter version of unity.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*óynos all →

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