Etymology

joust

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Today it means: A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field. Full definition →

Old French jouster ← Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre ← Latin iūxta
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  1. Latin · derived fromiūxta“close to”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre
  3. Old French · derived fromjouster
  4. English todayjoust

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.

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