Where does “joindre” come from?

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

joindre (Old French): to meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join...

Definitions

  1. to meet up with; to go and see; to join; to join...

Ancestry of “joindre”, step by step

joindre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin junior

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinjuniorAlternative form of iūnior
2Latiniūnior—
3Latiniuvenioryounger, more youthful
4Latiniuvenisyoung; A youth, a young man, young woman, young...
5Proto-Italic*juwōyoung

via Latin iungō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniungōto join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach; esp. of the hand: to clasp, join
2Proto-Italicjungōto yoke; to join
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyunégtito be joining
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

Words derived from “joindre”

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