Etymology

subjunctive

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Today it means: Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. Full definition →

Latin subiunctīvus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsubiunctīvus“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”
  2. English todaysubjunctive

From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join, yoke”). See join.

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