The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*yewg-“to join, unite”
- Latin · derived fromiungō“join, yoke”
- Old French · derived fromjoindre
- Middle English · inherited fromjoinen
- English todayjoin
From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.
Words from the same roots
Latiniungō all →
joinder
Proto-Indo-European*yewg- all →
zygotesubjugate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.