unto

Significat (English)

Prep

1. Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
2. To; indicates an indirect object.
3. Down to the last; encompassing even every.

Conj

Up to the time or degree that; until.

Synonyms

to

toward

towards

upon

over

on

🔛

for

until

into

near

till

about

in the direction of

about to

above

at

concerning

direction

high up

in

Amb guionet com a

un‧to

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʌntʊ/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: unto

Inherited from anglès antic: *untō

Cognate with Old Frisian: ont to

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: antou

Cognate with Old Frisian: und

Cognate with Old Frisian: til

Cognate with Old Saxon: untō

Cognate with alt alemany antic: unze

Cognate with nòrdic antic: und

Cognate with gòtic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴

In summary

Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).