English
Uniat
Uniat comes from Russian униат ‘a united Greek’, from Polish uniat ‘one having the characteristics of union’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnus‘one’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniō‘union’
- Polishmodernunia‘union’
- Polish, derivedmodernuniat‘one having the characteristics of union’
- Russianmodernуниатuniat‘a united Greek’
- Englishearliest quotation 1818Uniat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnus‘one’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniō‘union’
- Polishmodernunia‘union’
- Polish, derivedmodernuniat‘one having the characteristics of union’
- Russianmodernуниатuniat‘a united Greek’
- Englishearliest quotation 1818Uniat
Earliest quotation: 1818, From the two Burjat Nobles to their Prin, Russia: “The Greek Uniat Archbishop at Polotzki Johannes Krasszofsky has…”
The story
19th c., borrowed from Russian униат (uniat, “a united Greek”, noun), from Polish uniat (‘one having the characteristics of union’), from unia (‘union’) + -at (‘-ate’), from Latin ūniō (‘union’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ís ‘this, he’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’
an, one, no, only, any, none, 20 more
through Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’
through Old Latin oinos
through Latin ūnus ‘one’
unique, universal, uno, triune, 15 more
through Latin ūniō ‘union’
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos / Uniat