Translation
unity, oneness
Word origin
Built inside Esperanto from unu, one, plus the abstract-quality suffix -ec-. Unu itself comes from Latin unus, the source of English unit, union and unique.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- unus
- English cognates
- unit, union, unique
Examples
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The unity of the people is stronger than weapons.
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We are working for the unity of everyone who speaks the language.
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Without unity the movement will not be able to win.
Decode it and you never have to memorise it. Unu is one. The suffix -- names the quality of being something: is beauty from , o is friendship from . So plus -- plus -o is the quality of being one, which in English is oneness or unity.
Where the fence sits. is a state, not an institution. Unio at rank 2,157 is the organisation, the union of states or of workers that has a name and an address. o is a third thing again: the act of becoming one, a merger. If you can point at it, you probably want ; if you can only feel it, you want .
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 49.