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Where does “adjunct” come from?

Adjunct comes from Latin adiunctus, the past participle of adiungere, formed from the prefix ad- meaning "to" and the root yewg- meaning "to join," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

adjunct (English): An appendage; something attached to something...

Definitions

  1. An appendage; something attached to something...

Ancestry of “adjunct”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchadjoinct—
2Latinadiunctusadded, joined or attached to something, having...
3Latinadiungō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adjunct”

  • adjunctive
  • adjunctively
  • adjunctly
  • nonadjunctive
  • adjunctiveness
  • nonadjunct
  • adjunctivity
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