unity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being joined together as one; agreement and harmony.

   The leader called for national unity in difficult times.

2. 2
   noun

   A single whole that is complete in itself.

   The painting forms a perfect unity of colour and shape.

Etymology tree Middle English unite English unity From Middle English unite, from Anglo-Norman, Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) + noun of state suffix -itās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”), hence distantly related to one and an. By surface analysis, unite + -y. Displaced native Old English ānnes (literally “oneness”).

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