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Where does “juxta” come from?

Juxta comes from Latin iuxta, from Proto-Italic jougestād, jougestos, and jougos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European yéwgos and the root yewg-.

juxta (English): In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an...

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  1. In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an...

Ancestry of “juxta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniuxtā—
Every word from Latin iuxtā →