unto
Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at itUp to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
» Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
Meaning
4 senses(archaic, poetic)Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
zu, bis zu
(archaic, poetic)To; indicates an indirect object.
And the Lord said unto Moses […]
(archaic, poetic)Down to the last; encompassing even every.
(archaic, poetic)Until a particular time.
faithful unto death
Examples
51 sentencesDo unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
Do not do unto others what you do not want others do unto you.
Не роби іншим того, чого не хочеш собі. — shanghainese
Stuart is a law unto himself.
deStuart ist eine Nummer für sich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The work became a genre unto itself.
Render unto him what he is owed.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“aInherited 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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