Etymograph

English

abjoint

From ab- (“away”) + joint (“join”).

Formed from ab- ‘away’ + joint ‘join’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo ‘off, away’

English ab-

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join’

Latin iūnctus ‘joined’

Old French joint ‘joint of the body’

Middle English joynt

English joint

Today it means

verb To form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abjoint