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Adjoin

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to be next to and connected with something, sharing a common border
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Stage 1 of 2
adiungere
Latin · ancient
"to join to"
to join to, from ad- (to) and iungere (to join)
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Stage 2 of 2
adjoin
English · 1300s
"to be next to and joined with something"
settled as the English word for being next to and connected with something
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