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unto
- /ˈʌntʊ/ UK
- /-tuː/ UK
- /-tə/ UK
- /ˈʌntə/ US
- /-tuː/ US
- /-tʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌntə
Where it comes from
Inherited 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”).
conjunction vnto
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Up to the time or degree that; until.
Unto This Last (John Ruskin)
Similar: till
preposition vnto
- Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it. Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
- To; indicates an indirect object. And the Lord said unto Moses […]
- Down to the last; encompassing even every. I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, For now her little ones have ranged; And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.
- Until a particular time. faithful unto death
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: till, until, with, to, into, towards, toward, over, before, for, through, up, upon, onto, across, against
Translations
Talk about this word "unto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unto "unto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unto.Cite this
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title = {unto},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unto},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
