English
juncture
Juncture comes from Latin iūnctūra, from iungō ‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti‘to be joining’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō‘to yoke’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūnctūra
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500juncture
- Englishearliest quotation 1847juncture
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti‘to be joining’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō‘to yoke’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūnctūra
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500juncture
- Englishearliest quotation 1847juncture
Earliest quotation: 1847, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. […]: “What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane!…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
joint, yoga, yogi, jodi, yoke, rejoin, injunction, conjugate, jugular, conjugation, zygote, subjugate, yojana, yuga, 34 more
through Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to yoke’
adjoining, joiner, disjoint, adjoint, enjoin, 10 more
through Latin iungō ‘to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach’
join, conjunction, junta, juxtaposition, adjunct, jostle, subjunctive, conjunct, disjunction, 15 more
Today it means
noun A place where things join, a junction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / juncture