Where does “join” come from?
Join comes from Middle English joinen, from Old French joindre, from Latin iungo meaning to yoke or unite, from Proto-Indo-European yewg-.
join (English): An intersection of piping or wiring; an...
Definitions
- An intersection of piping or wiring; an...
Ancestry of “join”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | joinen | to join |
| 2 | Old French | joindre | to meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | junior | Alternative form of iūnior |
| 4 | Latin | iūnior | — |
| 5 | Latin | iuvenior | younger, more youthful |
| 6 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | young |