English
conjunctive
Conjunctive comes from Latin coniunctivus ‘serving to connect’, and goes back to coniunctus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiunctus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiunctivus‘serving to connect’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602conjunctive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiunctus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconiunctivus‘serving to connect’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602conjunctive
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “She is so conjunctive to my life and soul…”
Every English word from Latin coniunctus
Today it means
adj Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin coniunctus / conjunctive