Etymograph

English

trijunction

From tri- + junction.

Formed from tri- + junction

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti

Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’

Latin iungō ‘join, attach together’

Latin iūnctiō ‘union, joining, uniting’

English junction

Today it means

noun A junction where three things meet.

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

Etymograph / trijunction