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do unto others

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
do un-to others
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To obey the golden rule: to treat others as one would wish to be treated.

Etymology

From the first part of do unto others as you would have them do unto you, a common formulation of the golden rule.

Inflected Forms

does unto others (present, singular) doing unto others (participle, present) did unto others (past) done unto others (participle, past)

Questions

What does do unto others mean?
To obey the golden rule: to treat others as one would wish to be treated.
Where does do unto others come from?
From the first part of do unto others as you would have them do unto you, a common formulation of the golden rule.

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