English
jostly
From jostle + -y.
Formed from jostle + -y
Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti
…
Latin iuxtā ‘next to’
Vulgar Latin *iuxtāre
Old French joster ‘to joust’
Middle English jousten
English jostle
Today it means
adj Tending to jostle; pushing and shoving.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jostly