Where does “adjunctification” come from?
adjunctification (English) comes from English adjunct, from Middle Dutch adjoinct, from Latin adiunctus, from Latin adiungō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
adjunctification (English): The tendency of universities to have as many faculty members as possible be adjuncts (who receive lower pay and/or benefits, lack tenure, etc)
Definitions
- The tendency of universities to have as many faculty members as possible be adjuncts (who receive lower pay and/or benefits, lack tenure, etc)
Ancestry of “adjunctification”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjunct | An appendage; something attached to something... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | adjoinct | — |
| 3 | Latin | adiunctus | added, joined or attached to something, having... |
| 4 | Latin | adiungō | to add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something) |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |