Where does “adjoin” come from?
Adjoin comes from Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungo meaning to join to, formed from Latin ad- and the root yewg- seen in Proto-Indo-European.
adjoin (English): To be in contact or connection with; To extend an...
Definitions
- To be in contact or connection with; To extend an...
Ancestry of “adjoin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | adjoindre | — |
| 2 | Latin | adiungō | to add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something) |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |