English
adjunct
Adjunct comes from Latin adiunctus ‘added, joined or attached to something, having…’, from adiungō ‘join to’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiunctus‘added, joined or attached to something, having been joined to something’perfect passive participle of adiungō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588adjunct
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’root as named
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiunctus‘added, joined or attached to something, having been joined to something’perfect passive participle of adiungō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588adjunct
Earliest quotation: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “Lie here ye weedes that I diſdaine to weare,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
joint, yoga, rejoin, yogi, jodi, yoke, injunction, conjugate, conjugation, jugular, zygote, yojana, subjugate, yuga, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’
joiner, disjoint, enjoin, disjunction, 9 more
through Latin iungō ‘join’
join, conjunction, junction, junta, juxtaposition, juncture, jostle, subjunctive, conjunct, 13 more
through Latin adiungō ‘join to’
Today it means
noun An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / adjunct