Etymograph

English

reunion

Reunion comes from Middle French reunion.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600reunion
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600reunion
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Equivalent to re- + union

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

…

Latin ūnus ‘one’

Late Latin ūniō ‘oneness’

Old French union

Middle English unyoun

English union

Every English word from Middle French reunion

Today it means

noun The process or act of reuniting.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle French reunion / reunion

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