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evolution, see <a href="/word/V" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of V " class="crossreference notranslate">V</a>. <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">U-turn</span></strong> is attested by 1921, for the shape of the course described by the vehicle.</p> <p>Attested punningly for <a href="/word/you" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of you " class="crossreference notranslate">you</a> by 1588 ["Love's Labour's Lost," V.i.60], not long after the pronunciation shift that made the vowel a homonym of the pronoun. As a simple shorthand for <span class="foreign notranslate">you</span> (without intentional word-play), it is recorded by 1862. In the old British movie classification code (1922) it stood for <span class="foreign notranslate">universal</span>, as "suitable for all ages" (equivalent of American <strong><span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/G" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of G " class="crossreference notranslate">G</a></span></strong>).</p> <p>Common in business names since 1923 (<strong><span class="foreign notranslate">U-Haul</span></strong> is attested by 1950), earlier in newspaper advertisements (<span class="foreign notranslate">u haul</span> is attested by 1937 in classified ads for large items or lots that must be picked up by the purchaser; <span class="foreign notranslate">while-u-wait</span> for suit cleaning, etc., is by 1911.</p> <p>The substitution of Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">-o-</span> for Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">-u-</span> before <span class="foreign notranslate">-m-</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">-n-</span>, or <span class="foreign notranslate">-r-</span> was a French scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed them together. The practice transformed <a href="/word/some" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of some " class="crossreference notranslate">some</a>, <a href="/word/come" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of come " class="crossreference notranslate">come</a>, <a href="/word/monk" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of monk " class="crossreference notranslate">monk</a>, <a href="/word/tongue" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tongue " class="crossreference notranslate">tongue</a>, and <a href="/word/worm" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of worm " class="crossreference notranslate">worm</a>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/U#etymonline_v_24864"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><div id="div-gpt-ad-pc-sp-infeed-1" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of U-bahn" href="/word/U-bahn#etymonline_v_24869">U-bahn<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>German or Austrian subway system, 1938 (originally in reference to Berlin), from German <span class="foreign notranslate">U-bahn</span>, short for <span class="foreign notranslate">Untergrund-bahn</span>, literally "underground railway." <span class="foreign notranslate">Bahn</span>聽"path, road" is from Middle High German聽<span class="foreign notranslate">ban</span>,聽<span class="foreign notranslate">bane</span>聽"way, road," literally "strike" (as a swath cut through), according to Watkins from PIE聽<span class="foreign notranslate">*gwhen-</span>聽"to strike, kill" (see聽<a href="/word/bane" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bane " class="crossreference notranslate">bane</a>).</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/U-bahn#etymonline_v_24869"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ubeity" href="/word/ubeity#etymonline_v_49692">ubeity<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"whereness, state of being in a definite place," 1670s, from Modern Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ubietas</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ubi</span> "where" (see <a href="/word/ubi" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ubi " class="crossreference notranslate">ubi</a>). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Ubication</span> "condition or fact of being everywhere" (1640s).</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/ubeity#etymonline_v_49692"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ubi" href="/word/ubi#etymonline_v_4428">ubi<!-- -->聽<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"place, location, position," 1610s, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ubi</span> "where?, in which place, in what place," relative pronominal adverb of place, ultimately from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*kwo-bhi-</span> (source also of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">kuha</span>, Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">kude</span> "where"), locative case of pronominal root <a href="/word/*kwo-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *kwo- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*kwo-</a>.</p> <p>According to OED (1989) common in English c. 1640-1740. Also in classical phrases used in English, such as <span class="foreign notranslate">ubi sunt</span>, literally "where are" (1914), in reference to lamentations for the mutability of things is from a phrase used in certain Medieval Latin Christian works.</p> <blockquote> <span class="foreign notranslate">Mais o霉 sont les neiges d'antan?</span> [Villon] </blockquote></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/ubi#etymonline_v_4428"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ubiquity" href="/word/ubiquity#etymonline_v_4427">ubiquity<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"omnipresence, capacity of being in an indefinite number of places at the same time," 1570s, originally theological (of God, Christ), from Modern Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ubiquitas</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ubique</span> "everywhere," from <span class="foreign notranslate">ubi</span> "where" (see <a href="/word/ubi" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ubi " class="crossreference notranslate">ubi</a>). Second element is -<span class="foreign notranslate">que</span> "and," also "any, also, ever," as a suffix giving universal meaning to the word it is attached to, from PIE root <span class="foreign notranslate">*kwe</span> "and, -ever" (source also of Hittite <span class="foreign notranslate">-kku</span> "now, even, and;" Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">-ca</span>, Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">-ca</span> "and, also, if;" Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">-te</span> "and;" Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">-uh</span> "and, also," <span class="foreign notranslate">nih</span> "if not").</p> <p>Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Ubiquitary</span> "being everywhere or in all places" (1590s); <span class="foreign notranslate">ubiquitarian</span> "one who exists everywhere" (1727).</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/ubiquity#etymonline_v_4427"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="5022190299" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ubiquitous" href="/word/ubiquitous#etymonline_v_25842">ubiquitous<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"being, existing, or turning up everywhere," 1800, from <a href="/word/ubiquity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ubiquity " class="crossreference notranslate">ubiquity</a> + <a href="/word/-ous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ous " class="crossreference notranslate">-ous</a>. The earlier word was <span class="foreign notranslate">ubiquitary</span> (c. 1600), from Modern Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ubiquitarius</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">ubique</span> (see <a href="/word/ubiquity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ubiquity " class="crossreference notranslate">ubiquity</a>). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Ubiquitously</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">ubiquitousness</span>.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/ubiquitous#etymonline_v_25842"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of U-boat" href="/word/U-boat#etymonline_v_4429">U-boat<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"German submarine," 1914, partial translation of German <span class="foreign notranslate">U-Boot</span>, short for <span class="foreign notranslate">Unterseeboot</span>, literally "undersea boat."</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/U-boat#etymonline_v_4429"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of udder" href="/word/udder#etymonline_v_4430">udder<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">udder</span> "milk glands of a cow, goat, etc., when large and baggy and having more than one teat," from Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*udr-</span> (source also of Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">uder</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">uyder</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">uijer</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">utar</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Euter</span>, and, with unexplained change of consonant, Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">jugr</span>), from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*eue-dh-r</span> "udder" (source also of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">udhar</span>, Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">outhar</span>, Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">uber</span> "udder, breast," also "fruitful").</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/udder#etymonline_v_4430"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of UFO" href="/word/UFO#etymonline_v_4431">UFO<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1953 as an abbreviation of <span class="foreign notranslate">Unidentified Flying Object</span>, which is attested from 1950 in the popular "flying saucer" sense.</p></section></div></div><a data-more="true" class="word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="/word/UFO#etymonline_v_4431"><span>Related entries & more</span>聽<i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="opacity:0"></i></a><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of ufology" 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