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 — young.

joinen (Middle English): to join

Definitions

  1. to join

Ancestry of “joinen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “joinen”

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