English
disjunction
Disjunction comes from Latin disiunctiō ‘separation’, from iungō ‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti‘to be joining’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō‘to yoke’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisiungō‘to disjoin, disunite, separate, part, divide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisiunctiō‘separation’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400disjunction
- Englishearliest quotation 2017disjunction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti‘to be joining’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō‘to yoke’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisiungō‘to disjoin, disunite, separate, part, divide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdisiunctiō‘separation’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400disjunction
- Englishearliest quotation 2017disjunction
Earliest quotation: 2017, Ferdinand Mount, Umbrageousness: “The disjunction between the despotism the British had been…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
joint, yoga, rejoin, yogi, yoke, jodi, jugular, injunction, conjugate, zygote, subjugate, yojana, conjugation, yuga, 34 more
through Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to yoke’
adjoining, joiner, adjoint, enjoin, 10 more
through Latin iungō ‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’
join, conjunction, junta, adjunct, juxtaposition, juncture, jostle, subjunctive, conjunct, 14 more
through Latin disiungō ‘to disjoin, disunite, separate, part, divide’
Today it means
noun The act of disjoining; disunion, separation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / disjunction