Etymograph

English

adjustmental

Adjustmental comes from French ajustement ‘adjustment, adjusting, tweak’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentajustement‘adjustment, adjusting, tweak’
  2. English1500–presentadjustment
  3. Englishtodayadjustmental

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentajustement‘adjustment, adjusting, tweak’
  2. English1500–presentadjustment
  3. Englishtodayadjustmental

A compound of juste ‘fair, just’ + ajuster ‘to adjust’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’

Archaic Latin *iowos

Archaic Latin iovestos

Latin iūstus ‘just, righteous’

Old French juste

French juste ‘fair, just’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’

Archaic Latin *iowos

Archaic Latin iovestos

Latin iūstus ‘just, righteous’

Old French juste

French juste ‘fair, just’

French ajuster ‘to adjust’

Today it means

adj Relating to adjustment.

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

Etymograph / French ajustement / adjustmental