Where does “junket” come from?

junket (English) comes from Middle English jonket, from Latin iūncta, from Latin iungere, from Latin iungo, from Proto-Italic jungō, from Proto-Indo-European yunégti, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

junket (English): A basket; A type of cream cheese, originally made...

Definitions

  1. A basket; A type of cream cheese, originally made...

Ancestry of “junket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishjonket—
2Latiniūncta—
3Latiniungeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatiniungoI join
5Proto-Italicjungōto yoke; to join
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyunégtito be joining
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

Words derived from “junket”

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