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Unto

//ˈʌntʊ// conj, prep

Definitions

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

    "Unto This Last (John Ruskin)"

Preposition
  1. 1
    Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it. archaic, poetic

    "Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle."

  2. 2
    To; indicates an indirect object. archaic, poetic

    "And the Lord said unto Moses […]"

  3. 3
    Down to the last; encompassing even every. archaic, poetic

    "⁠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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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