English
jointed
Jointed comes from English joint ‘noun’.
- English1500–presentjoint‘noun’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008jointed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentjoint‘noun’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008jointed
Earliest quotation: 2008, Angela Phelan, My Barbados beach date with the super rich: “Needless to mention that Christmas, Easter and the Coolmore…”
A compound of joint ‘noun’ + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join’
Latin iūnctus ‘joined’
Old French joint ‘joint of the body’
Middle English joynt
English joint
Every English word from English joint
Today it means
adj Having joints.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English joint / jointed