Etymology

adjute

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Today it means: To add, include. Full definition →

Middle French adjouter ← Old French ajoster ← Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre
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  1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*adiuxtāre
  2. Old French · derived fromajoster
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromadjouter
  4. English todayadjute

From Middle French adjouter (modern French ajouter), from Old French ajoster, from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre. The spelling was perhaps reinforced by folk-etymological association with Classical Latin adiūtō (“to help”) (which Samuel Johnson gives as the etymology and meaning). Possibly a doublet of adjust.

Words from the same roots

Vulgar Latin*adiuxtāre all →

adjust

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