Where does “adjoining” come from?
Adjoining comes from Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre meaning "to join to," from Latin adiungo, combining the prefix ad- with Latin iungō meaning "to join," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European yewg-.
adjoining (English): Being in contact at some point or line; joining...
Definitions
- Being in contact at some point or line; joining...
Ancestry of “adjoining”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ajoinen | — |
| 2 | Old French | ajoindre | — |
| 3 | Latin | adiungō | to add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something) |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |