English
conjunct
Conjunct comes from Latin coniūnctus, from coniungō ‘to bind together, connect’, and ultimately from 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‘to join, unite’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiungō‘to bind together, connect’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiūnctusas conjunctus
- Englishearliest quotation 2007conjunct
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‘to join, unite’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiungō‘to bind together, connect’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiūnctusas conjunctus
- Englishearliest quotation 2007conjunct
Earliest quotation: 2007, Timothy Chan, Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox: “Asserting a conjunction would be irrational if the epistemic…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’
adjoining, joiner, disjoint, adjoint, enjoin, disjunction, 10 more
through Latin iungō ‘to join, unite’
join, junction, junta, juxtaposition, adjunct, juncture, jostle, subjunctive, 16 more
Today it means
noun Either term of a conjunction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti / conjunct