The story
- Latin · derived fromiuxtā“next to”
- Old French · derived fromjoster“to joust”
- Middle English · derived fromjousten
- English todayjostle
Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old French joster (“to joust”), from Latin iuxtā (“next to”), from iungō (“join, connect”), equivalent to joust + -le.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.