unto

English Online Dictionary. What means unto‎? What does unto mean?

English

Alternative forms

• vnto (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌntʊ/, /-tuː/, /-tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌntə/, /-tuː/, /-tʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʌntə
• Hyphenation: un‧to

Conjunction

unto

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

   Unto This Last (John Ruskin)

Synonyms

• till; see also Thesaurus:until

Preposition

unto (archaic or poetic)

1. Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
2. To; indicates an indirect object.
3. Down to the last; encompassing even every.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• onto

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “unto”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nout, out'n

Catalan

Verb

unto

1. first-person singular present indicative of untar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔunto/ [ˈʔun̪.t̪o]

Noun

únto (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) the incisors, especially the upper ones

   Coordinate terms: bag-ang, bangkil, tango

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese unto, from Latin unctum (“ointment; savory dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunto̝/

Noun

unto m (plural untos)

1. (countable, uncountable) lard; delicate and tasty fat of the abdomen of the pig which is usually preserved salted and smoked, and used in the elaboration of caldo

   Synonym: enxunlla

Derived terms

• untar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “untos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “unto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “unto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “unto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

unto

1. first-person singular present indicative of untar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈun.to/
• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: ùn‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ūnctus.

Participle

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

1. past participle of ungere

Adjective

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

1. greasy

   Synonyms: grasso, oleoso, untuoso

Derived terms

• untare

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ūnctum.

Noun

unto m (plural unti)

1. fat, grease

   Synonym: grasso

2. flattery

   Synonym: lusinga

3. the anointed

Anagrams

• nuto

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vnto

Preposition

unto

1. unto

Descendants

• English: unto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: un‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese unto, from Latin ūnctum (“ointment”).

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

Noun

unto m (plural untos)

1. lard

   Synonym: banha

2. grease

   Synonyms: gordura, graxa

3. unguent

   Synonym: unguento

Derived terms

• untuoso

Etymology 2

Verb

unto

1. first-person singular present indicative of untar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunto/ [ˈũn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Syllabification: un‧to

Noun

unto m (plural untos)

1. ointment

Verb

unto

1. first-person singular present indicative of untar

Further reading

• “unto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10