Where does “Adjoint” come from?

Adjoint (Luxembourgish) comes from French adjoindre, from Middle French adjoindre, from Old French ajoindre, from Latin adiungō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

Adjoint (Luxembourgish): adjoint, deputy

Definitions

  1. adjoint, deputy

Ancestry of “Adjoint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadjoindreto adjoin; to join up
2Middle Frenchadjoindre
3Old Frenchajoindre
4Latinadiungōto add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something)
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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