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Word Origins Dictionary
- uniformity (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French uniformite (14c.) or directly from Late Latin uniformitatem (nominative uniformitas) "uniformity," from Latin uniformis (see uniform (adj.)).
- unify (v.)
- c. 1500, "to make into one," from Middle French unifier (14c.) or directly from Late Latin unificare "make one," from Latin uni- "one" (see uni-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Unified; unifying. Unified (field) theory in physics is recorded from 1935.
- unilateral (adj.)
- 1802, from Modern Latin unilateralis, from unum, neuter of unus "one" (see one) + latus (genitive lateralis) "side" (see oblate (n.)). Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) may have been the first to use it in the legal sense of "made or entered into by one party." Related: Unilaterally. Unilateral disarmament is recorded from 1929.
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. [William Ralph Inge, "Outspoken Essays," 1919]
- unilateralism (n.)
- 1926, from unilateral + -ism. Earliest usages seem to be in the sense of "advocate of unilateral disarmament." Meaning "pursuit of a foreign policy without allies" is attested by 1964.
- unimaginable (adj.)
- 1610s, from un- (1) "not" + imaginable. Related: Unimaginably.
- unimaginative (adj.)
- 1802, from un- (1) "not" + imaginative.
- unimpaired (adj.)
- 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of impair (v.). Rare before c. 1760.
- unimpeachable (adj.)
- 1784, from un- (1) "not" + impeachable. Related: Unimpeachably.
- unimpeded (adj.)
- 1760, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of impede (v.).
- unimportance (n.)
- 1751; see unimportant + -ance.
- unimportant (adj.)
- 1750, from un- (1) "not" + important (adj.). Used earlier in a sense of "unassuming, modest" (1727). Related: Unimportantly.
- unimposing (adj.)
- "unimpressive," 1809, from un- (1) "not" + imposing.
- unimpressed (adj.)
- 1861, "not awed," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of impress (v.). Used earlier in a sense of "not subjected to restraint" (1743). Unimpressive is recorded from 1796.
- unimproved (adj.)
- 1660s, "not made better," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of improve (v.). Sense of "not developed or taken advantage of" (of land) is recorded from 1781.
- unincorporated (adj.)
- 1715, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of incorporate (v.).
- uninflected (adj.)
- 1713, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of inflect (v.).
- uninfluenced (adj.)
- 1734, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of influence (v.).
- uninformed (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of inform. Originally in reference to some specific matter or subject; general sense of "uneducated, ignorant" is recorded from 1640s.
- uninhabitable (adj.)
- mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + inhabitable.
- uninhabited (adj.)
- 1570s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of inhabit (v.).