unité

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See also: unite

French

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *éy?
    Proto-Indo-European *-nós?
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
    Proto-Italic *oinos
    Old Latin oinos
    Latin ūnus
    Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-ts
    Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
    Proto-Italic *-tāts
    Latin -tās
    Old French unité
    French unité

    Inherited from Old French unité.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    unité f (plural unités)

    1. unity
    2. unit

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Old French

    Etymology

      Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) +‎ -tās (“-ness”).

      Noun

      unité oblique singular, f (oblique plural unitez, nominative singular unité, nominative plural unitez)

      1. unity (quality of being united)

      Descendants

      • French: unité
      • → Middle English: unite

      References

      • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (unité)
      • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (unité, supplement)
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