English
injunction
Injunction comes from Latin iniūnctiō ‘command, injunction’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiniūnctiō‘command, injunction’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400injonctïon
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500iniunccyon
- Englishearliest quotation 1813injunction
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
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiniūnctiō‘command, injunction’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400injonctïon
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500iniunccyon
- Englishearliest quotation 1813injunction
Earliest quotation: 1813, Jane Austen, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton: “[…]she added, “Lizzy, I insist upon your staying and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
join, yoga, yogi, jodi, yoke, conjunction, adjunct, jugular, conjugate, juncture, zygote, subjugate, yojana, yuga, conjugation, disjunction, 40 more
Today it means
noun The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / injunction