unto
Signification (English)
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- Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
- To; indicates an indirect object.
- Down to the last; encompassing even every.
Synonyms
Fréquence
Coupé comme
un‧to
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈʌntʊ/
Étymologie (English)
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”).
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