English
jugular
Jugular comes from Latin jugulum ‘the collarbone’, 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 CEjugulum‘the collarbone’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEjugulāris
- Englishearliest quotation 2001jugular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjugulum‘the collarbone’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEjugulāris
- Englishearliest quotation 2001jugular
Earliest quotation: 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance: “One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he…”
Formed from jugulum + -ar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
join, yoga, conjunction, junction, yogi, adjunct, jodi, yoke, juncture, conjugate, conjugation, zygote, yojana, subjugate, yuga, 41 more
Today it means
adj Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / jugular