Where does “joinen” come from?
joinen (Middle English) comes from Old French joindre, from Vulgar Latin junior, from Latin iūnior, from Latin iuvenior, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.
joinen (Middle English): to join
Ancestry of “joinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | joindre | to meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | junior | Alternative form of iūnior |
| 3 | Latin | iūnior | — |
| 4 | Latin | iuvenior | younger, more youthful |
| 5 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | — |
Words derived from “joinen”