Etymology

enjoin

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Today it means: To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. Full definition →

Middle English enjoinen ← Old French enjoindre ← Latin iniungo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frominiungo“to attach”
  2. Old French · derived fromenjoindre“to join with”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromenjoinen
  4. English todayenjoin

From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.

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