adjoin

Where does the word "adjoin" come from? It comes from Latin adiungere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Adjoin’s story begins in Latin: adiungere meant “to join to.” To join to, from ad- (to) and iungere (to join). It reached English by 1300s as adjoin. First recorded before 1325 in English statute law, borrowed from Anglo-Norman legal French. Today, adjoin means to be next to and connected with something, sharing a common border.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient adiungere "to join to", to join to, from ad- (to) and iungere (to join).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s adjoin "to be next to and joined with something", first recorded before 1325 in English statute law, borrowed from Anglo-Norman legal French.