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Where does “nonjoinder” come from?

nonjoinder (English) comes from English joinder, from Old French joindre, from Vulgar Latin junior, from Latin iūnior, from Latin iuvenior, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.

nonjoinder (English): The omission of a party that was necessary to an...

Definitions

  1. The omission of a party that was necessary to an...

Ancestry of “nonjoinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjoinderThe joining of a litigant to a suit; The act of...
2Old Frenchjoindreto meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join...
3Vulgar LatinjuniorAlternative form of iūnior
4Latiniūnior—
5Latiniuvenioryounger, more youthful
6Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
7Proto-Italic*juwō—
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