injunction

Where does the word "injunction" come from? It comes from Latin injungere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Injunction’s story begins in Latin: injungere meant “to impose, to enjoin.” To enjoin, to impose, from in- (upon) and jungere (to join). It reached English by 1400s as injunction. Settled as the legal word for a court order requiring or forbidding an action. Today, injunction means a judicial order requiring a party to do or refrain from doing a specific act.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient injungere "to impose, to enjoin", to enjoin, to impose, from in- (upon) and jungere (to join).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s injunction "a court order requiring or forbidding an action", settled as the legal word for a court order requiring or forbidding an action.