Where does “desjoindre” come from?
desjoindre (Old French) comes from Latin disiungere, from Latin iungere, from Latin iungo, from Proto-Italic jungō, from Proto-Indo-European yunégti, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
desjoindre (Old French): to separate
Definitions
- to separate
Ancestry of “desjoindre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | disiungere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | iungere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | iungo | I join |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | jungō | to yoke; to join |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yunégti | to be joining |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |