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The story

1. Latin · derived fromiuxta
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*adiuxtāre
3. Old French · derived fromajouster
4. Latin · derived fromad“to, up to, towards”
5. Middle French · derived fromadjuster
6. Middle English · inherited fromajusten
7. English todayadjust

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- + just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus; if so, it is a doublet of adjute.

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