English
adjoining
Adjoining comes from Latin adiungō ‘join to’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti ~ *yungéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō‘to join’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō‘join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiungō‘join to’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ajoindre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ajoinen
- Englishearliest quotation 1902adjoining
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti ~ *yungéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō‘to join’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō‘join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiungō‘join to’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ajoindre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ajoinen
- Englishearliest quotation 1902adjoining
Earliest quotation: 1902, Robert B. Ross, History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan: “The location was described to be "on the lower…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’
conjunction, disjunction, joiner, disjoint, enjoin, 10 more
through Latin iungō ‘join’
join, junction, junta, juncture, juxtaposition, subjunctive, conjunct, jostle, 15 more
through Latin adiungō ‘join to’
Today it means
adj Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti / adjoining