English word unity comes from Latin unus, Latin -itatem, Italian unus, and later Old French unité (Unity (quality of being united).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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unus | Latin (lat) | Alone. One, single (cardinal) one; 1 (Medieval Latin) a, an. |
-itatem | Latin (lat) | |
unus | Italian (it) | |
unionis | Latin (lat) | |
unitus | Latin (lat) | |
unitas | Latin (lat) | Agreement, concord. Oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided. Sameness, uniformity. |
unité | Old French (fro) | Unity (quality of being united). |
unité | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
unity | English (en) | (Quakerism) The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.. (drama) Any of the three classical rules of drama (unity of action, unity of place, and unity of time).. (legal) The [...] |