conjoin
/ˌkɒnˈdʒɔɪn/kon-JOYN
/ˌkɑnˈdʒɔɪn/kahn-JOYN
Meaningjoin together
Common meaning: join or unite
- conwith, together; thoroughlySkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 129 · scan
- jointo join, yoke togetherLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1017 · scan
‘with, together’ + ‘to join, yoke together’ → conjoin
Journey through time
- con — Latin com- “with, together; thoroughly” (path traced)
- join — Latin iungō (jungō), iūnxī, iūnctum “to join, yoke together” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as coniungere.
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin coniungere, which Skeat analyses as com- ‘with, together; thoroughly’ + iungere ‘to join, yoke together’.
Roots
- coniungere Latin “join together”
- iungō (jungō), iūnxī, iūnctum Latin “to join, yoke together”
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