Etymograph

English

unite

Unite comes from Latin ūnītus ‘united’, from ūnus ‘one, single’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinos
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnus‘one, single’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniō
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnītus‘united’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500uniten‘to annex’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1968unite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinos
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnus‘one, single’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniō
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnītus‘united’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500uniten‘to annex’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1968unite

Earliest quotation: 1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin: “Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ís ‘this, he’

id, yonder, yon, 14 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

an, one, no, only, any, none, 20 more

through Proto-Italic *oinos ‘one’

null, 18 more

through Old Latin oinos

universally, 14 more

through Latin ūnus ‘one, single’

unique, universal, uno, triune, 15 more

through Latin ūniō

union, onion, 2 more

Today it means

verb To bring together as one.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos / unite

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