unto
pronunciation
How to pronounce unto in British English:
UK [ˈʌntə]
How to pronounce unto in American English:
US [ˈʌntu]
Word Origin
- unto (prep.)
- mid-13c., perhaps a modification of until, with southern to in place of northern equivalent till. Or perhaps a contraction of native *und to, formed on the model of until from Old English *un- "up to, as far as," cognate of the first element in until. "Very rare in standard writers of the 18th c.," according to OED, and since then chiefly in dignified, archaic, or Biblical styles.
Example
- 1. The soviet union was an empire unto itself .
- 2. What are the values modern leaders should adopt from unto this last ?
- 3. But china 's internet community is evidently a world unto itself .
- 4. Better , he seems capable of doing so unto eternity .
- 5. As love unto others is cast ;