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Where does “multijugate” come from?

multijugate (English) comes from English jugate, from Latin iugatus, from Latin iugo, from Latin iugum, from French joug, from Middle French joug, from Old French jug, from Latin jugum — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

multijugate (English): Having more than one pair of leaflets

Definitions

  1. Having more than one pair of leaflets

Ancestry of “multijugate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjugateForming a pair
2Latiniugatusjoined, yoked, married
3LatiniugoI join, yoke; dative singular of iugum
4Latiniugumyoke or collar; a team of oxen; horizontal beam...
5Frenchjougyoke; balance beam
6Middle Frenchjoug—
7Old Frenchjug—
8LatinjugumAlternative form of iugum; yoke, ridge; a yoke
9Proto-Italicjugomyoke
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
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