unto

Pronunciation: /ˈʌntʊ/

The English word “unto” has 5 meanings listed here.

conjunction

Up to the time or degree that; until.

preposition

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

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,…

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