Etymology

disjoint

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Today it means: Not smooth or continuous; disjointed. Full definition →

Middle English disjoynen ← Old French desjoindre ← Latin disiungō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdisiungō
  2. Old French · derived fromdesjoindre“disjoin”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdisjoynen
  4. English todaydisjoint

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishdisjoynen all →

Old Frenchdesjoindre all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.