unto
English
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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
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Audio (GA): (file) - Hyphenation: un‧to
Conjunction
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Synonyms
- till; see also Thesaurus:until
Preposition
unto
- (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.[...]
- (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.
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References
- “unto”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Verb
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Galician
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Etymology
14th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese unto, from Latin unctum (“ointment; savory dish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
unto m (plural untos)
- (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
- 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.
- 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
- 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:
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “untos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “unto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
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- past participle of ungere
- past participle of ungersi
Adjective
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Etymology 2
Noun
unto m (plural unti)
Synonyms
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
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- Hyphenation: un‧to
Noun
unto m (plural s)
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Verb
unto
Spanish
Verb
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