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Webster 1913 Edition

Unto

Un′to

,
p
rep.
[OE.
unto
;
un-
(only in
unto
,
until
) unto, as far as +
to
to; this
un-
is akin to AS. [GREEK][GREEK] until, OFries.
und
OS.
und
until, conj. (cf. OS.
unt[GREEK]
unto, OHG.
unzi
), Goth.
und
unto, until. See
To
, and cf.
Until
.]
1.
To; – now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See
To
.
2.
Until; till.
[Obs.]
“He shall abide it unto the death of the priest.”
Num. xxxv. 25.

Un′to

,
c
onj.
Until; till.
[Obs.]
“Unto this year be gone.”
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Unto

UN'TO

, prep. a compound of un, [on,] and to; of no use in the language, as it expresses no more than to. I do not find it in our mother tongue, nor is it ever used in popular discourse. It is found in writers of former times, but is entirely obsolete.

Definition 2024

Unto

Unto

See also: unto, untó, untò, and -unto

Finnish

Proper noun

Unto

  1. A male given name.
    • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 36:231-234:
      En vielä kotihin joua! / Viel' on Unto kostamatta, / Mies katala kaatamatta, / Ilkeä hävittämättä.
      I myself cannot go home now: / I have yet to work my vengeance. / Untamo is still unconquered, / That base villain not destroyed.

Declension

Inflection of Unto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Unto Untot
genitive Unton Untojen
partitive Untoa Untoja
illative Untoon Untoihin
singular plural
nominative Unto Untot
accusative nom. Unto Untot
gen. Unton
genitive Unton Untojen
partitive Untoa Untoja
inessive Untossa Untoissa
elative Untosta Untoista
illative Untoon Untoihin
adessive Untolla Untoilla
ablative Untolta Untoilta
allative Untolle Untoille
essive Untona Untoina
translative Untoksi Untoiksi
instructive — Untoin
abessive Untotta Untoitta
comitative — Untoineen

Anagrams

unto

unto

See also: Unto

English

Conjunction

unto

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

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.
  2. (archaic or poetic) To, indicating an indirect object
    And the Lord said unto Moses […]
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      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.
Translations

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: note · pay · red · #550: unto · receive · tried · certainly

See also

References

  • unto in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Verb

unto m ‎(feminine singular unta, masculine plural unti, feminine plural unte)

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

Adjective

unto m ‎(feminine singular unta, masculine plural unti, feminine plural unte)

  1. greasy
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin unctum.

Noun

unto m ‎(plural unti)

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

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

Noun

unto m (plural untos)

  1. lard
  2. grease
  3. unguent

Synonyms

Verb

unto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of untar

Spanish

Verb

unto

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

Etymology

Short form of Untamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈunto/
  • Hyphenation: Un‧to

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