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Where does “injoignable” come from?

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

injoignable (French): unreachable

Definitions

  1. unreachable

Ancestry of “injoignable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjoignablecontactable, reachable, available
2Frenchjoindreto join; to join up
3Old Frenchjoindreto meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join...
4Vulgar LatinjuniorAlternative form of iūnior
5Latiniūnior—
6Latiniuvenioryounger, more youthful
7Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
8Proto-Italic*juwō—
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