unto

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   To (old or formal use, showing who receives something)

   And the Lord said unto Moses.

2. 2
   prep

   Up to or as far as (old use)

   Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.

3. 3
   conj

   Up to the time that; until (old use)

   They worked unto the day was done.

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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