English
jumart
Jumart comes from French jument ‘mare’, from Old French jument ‘beast of burden’, and ultimately from Latin iūmentum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūmentum‘a draft animal, a beast of burden’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jument‘beast of burden’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘mare’
- Englishtodayjumart
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūmentum‘a draft animal, a beast of burden’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jument‘beast of burden’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘mare’
- Englishtodayjumart
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to yoke’
join, yoga, conjunction, junction, yogi, jodi, yoke, adjunct, juncture, conjugate, conjugation, zygote, jugular, yojana, subjugate, yuga, 40 more
Today it means
noun The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin iūmentum / jumart