unto

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌntuː/

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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.

See also

• onto

References

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

Verb

unto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of untar

Etymology

14th century. 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
   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:

     hordenaron que qual quer persona de fora parte que trouxer a vender a dita çera ou untos ou manteiga ou aseite, que page de cada libra de çera un diñeiro.

     they commanded that any foreigner that would bring and sell wax or lards or butter or oil, that he should pay a diñeiro for each pound

   Synonym: enxunlla

References

• “untos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “unto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “unto” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “unto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Etymology 2

From Latin unctum.

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũ.tu/
• Hyphenation: un‧to

Noun

unto m (plural untos)

1. lard
2. grease
3. unguent

Verb

unto

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

Verb

unto

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