DictionaryRoot: unto
Middle English

unto

to; toward

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A messenger carries a sealed parcel directly to the one clearly indicated table where the recipient is pointing.
adverb

thereunto

thair-un-TOO

To that thing, matter, or place.

Etymology

There points to a previously identified place or thing, and unto supplies direction toward it. Together they mean “to that,” whether the reference is a location or a matter.

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