unto

See also: Unto

English

Alternative forms

• vnto (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌntʊ/, /-tuː/, /-tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌntə/, /-tʊ/

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: un‧to

Conjunction

unto

1. (obsolete, poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until.

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Synonyms

• till; see also Thesaurus:until

Preposition

unto

1. (archaic or poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.

   Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.

   • c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii^[1]:

     Come unto these yellow sands,

     And then take hands;

     Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd

     The wild waves whist,

     Foot it featly here and there,

     And sweet sprites bear

     The burthen.[...]

2. (archaic or poetic) To, indicating an indirect object.

   And the Lord said unto Moses [...]

   • c. 1596-97 William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i^[2]:

     So please my lord the duke and all the court / To quit the fine for one half of his goods / I am content; so he will let me have / The other half in use, to render it, / Upon his death, unto the gentleman / That lately stole his daughter: / Two things provided more,—[...]

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.

Derived terms

• law unto oneself

Translations

Up to

• Arabic: إِلَى (ʔilā)
• Esperanto: ĝis (eo)
• Finnish: use the allative case
• French: jusqu’à (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: auf (de), zu (de)
• Latin: ad (la), usque (la), sub (la)
• Malagasy: tamin'ny
• Turkish: -e doğru (tr), -e kadar (tr)

See also

• onto

References

• “unto”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nout

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Verb

unto

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Galician

Unto

Unto

Etymology

14th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese unto, from Latin unctum (“ointment; savory dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunto̝/

Noun

unto m (plural untos)

1. (countable, uncountable) lard; delicate and tasty fat of the abdomen of the pig which is usually preserved salted and smoked, and used in the elaboration of caldo
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:

     hordenaron que qual quer persona de fora parte que trouxer a vender a dita çera ou untos ou manteiga ou aseite, que page de cada libra de çera un diñeiro.

     they commanded that any foreigner that would bring and sell wax or lards or butter or oil, that he should pay a diñeiro for each pound

   Miña nay ten unto vello dos porcos que ha de matar / tamen verzas na horta das coias que ha de prantar. (folk son)

   My mother has old lard of the pigs she'll kill / and also has cabbages in the garden, of the seeds she'll plant.

   Synonym: enxunlla

Derived terms

• untar

References

• “untos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “unto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin ūnctus.

Verb

1. past participle of ungere
2. past participle of ungersi

Adjective

1. greasy

Synonyms

• grasso
• oleoso
• untuoso

Derived terms

• untare

Etymology 2

From Latin unctum.

Noun

unto m (plural unti)

1. fat, grease
2. flattery
3. the anointed

Synonyms

• grasso (1)
• lusinga (2)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese unto, from Latin unctum (“ointment”).

Cognate with Galician unto, Spanish unto, Occitan onch, Italian unto and Romanian unt.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũ.tu/
• Hyphenation: un‧to

Noun

unto m (plural s)

1. lard
2. grease
3. unguent

Synonyms

• (lard): banha
• (grease): gordura, graxa
• (unguent): unguento

Derived terms

• untuoso

Verb

unto

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Verb

unto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of untar.