English
sejunct
Sejunct comes from Latin sēiūnctus ‘separated’, and goes back to sēiungō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēiungō‘separate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēiūnctus‘separated’past participle of sēiungō
- Englishearliest quotation 1909sejunct
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēiungō‘separate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēiūnctus‘separated’past participle of sēiungō
- Englishearliest quotation 1909sejunct
Earliest quotation: 1909, TR Glover: “‘Nay, not so far – [...] not so far,…”
A compound of sē ‘without’ + iungō ‘to join’
Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti
Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to yoke’
Latin iungō ‘to join’
Every English word from Latin sēiungō
Today it means
adj Separate; separated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sēiungō / sejunct