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Origin and history of *yeug-

*yeug-

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to join."

It might form all or part of:adjoin;adjust;conjoin;conjugal;conjugate;conjugation;conjunct;disjointed;enjoin;injunction;jugular;jostle;joust;join;joinder;joint;jointure;junction;juncture;junta;juxtapose;juxtaposition;rejoin (v.2) "to answer;"rejoinder;subjoin;subjugate;subjugation;subjunctive;syzygy;yoga;yoke;zeugma;zygoma;zygomatic;zygote.

It might also be the source of: Sanskrityugam "yoke,"yunjati "binds, harnesses,"yogah "union;" Hittiteyugan "yoke;" Greekzygon "yoke,"zeugnyanai "to join, unite;" Latiniungere "to join,"iugum "yoke;" Old Church Slavonicigo, Old Welshiou "yoke;" Lithuanianjungas "yoke,"jungti "to fasten to a yoke;" Old Englishgeoc "yoke."

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c. 1300, "unite (something to something else), ally" (a sense now obsolete); late 14c. as "be contiguous with, be adjacent to," from Old Frenchajoin- stem ofajoindre "join together, unite," from Latinadiungere "fasten on, harness, join to," fromad "to" (seead-) +iungere "to bind together" (from a nasalized form of PIE root*yeug- "to join"). The meaning "be contiguous with, be in contact with" is from late 14c. The French word was Latinized 16c. to Modern Frenchadjoindre. Related:Adjoined;adjoining.

late 14c.,ajusten, "to correct, remedy," from Old Frenchajuster,ajoster "add; assemble; calibrate, gauge, regulate," from Late Latinadiuxtare "to bring near," fromad "to" (seead-) + Latiniuxta "next, close by" (from suffixed form of PIE root*yeug- "to join").

In 16c. French corrected toadjuster, but the pedantic effort was rejected and Modern French hasajouter. Influenced in form and sense by folk-etymology, as if fromad- +iustus "just, equitable, fair."

English reborrowed the word by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Frenchadjuster "fit (things together) properly, put things in order." The meaning "arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing)" is from 1660s. The insurance sense is from 1755 (seeadjuster). Toadjust to "get used to" is attested by 1924. Related:Adjusted;adjusting.

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late 14c., "to join together, unite; form a union or league," from Old French conjoindre "meet, come together" (12c.), from Latin coniungere "to join together," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + iungere "to join together" (from nasalized form of PIE root

1540s, "pertaining to marriage, nuptial," also "pertaining to the relationship of husband and wife," from French conjugal (13c.), from Latin coniugalis "relating to marriage," from coniunx (genitive coniugis) "spouse," which is related to coniugare "to join together," from assimi

1520s, in the grammatical sense, "inflect (a verb) through all its various forms," from Latin coniugatus, past participle of coniugare "to yoke together," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + iugare "to join," from iugum "yoke" (from PIE root *yeug- "to join

c. 1300, "kind, sort, class, a class or kind of persons or things sharing certain traits," from Old French gendre, genre "kind, species; character; gender" (12c., Modern French genre), from stem of Latin genus (genitive generis) "race, stock, family; kind, rank, order; species,"

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also top notch, "best quality, most stylish," 1840, something of a vogue phrase about 1841, from top (adj.) + notch (n.). Figurative of the "highest point" of something, but the exact mechanical image is uncertain and never seems to be mentioned. At the time it was the name of a

c. 1400, "assurance or belief in the good will, veracity, etc. of another," from Old French confidence or directly from Latin confidentia, from confidentem (nominative confidens) "firmly trusting, bold," present participle of confidere "to have full trust or reliance," from assim

spectral being in a human body who maintains semblance of life by leaving the grave at night to suck the warm blood of the living as they sleep, 1732, vampyre, from French vampire (18c.) or German Vampir (1732, like the English word first in an account of Hungarian vampires), fro

early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct" (12c.), from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, hold, possess; wear; f

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