Etymograph

English

junt

Junt may come from Early Scots junt ‘joint’.

  1. Early Scotsmodernjunt‘joint’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1808same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Early Scotsmodernjunt‘joint’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1808same form

Earliest quotation: 1808, Walter Watson, Miscellaneous Scotch Poetry: “Whare ancient poets us'd to dine / On junts…”

The story

Apparently a figurative extension of Early Scots junt (‘joint’), Middle English joynt, junte (‘joint (of the body, where the bones meet)’), perhaps influenced by junk.

Every English word from Early Scots junt

Today it means

noun A fair-sized piece or amount; a chunk (of anything, especially meat or other food).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Early Scots junt / junt

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