enjoin
/ˌenˈdʒɔɪn/en-JOYN
/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪn/en-JOYN
Meaningjoin or command
Common meaning: instruct someone authoritatively
- enin, into; uponSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 166 · scan
- jointo join, yoke togetherLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1017 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘to join, yoke together’ → enjoin
Journey through time
- en — Latin in- “in, into; upon” (path traced)
- join — Latin iungō (jungō), iūnxī, iūnctum “to join, yoke together” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as iniungere.
- Latinin- + iungere‘in, into; upon + to join, yoke together’source
- Latininiungere‘join or command’source
- Old Frenchmeaning shiftsjoin or command → to injoine, ordaineenjoindre‘to injoine, ordaine’source
- Middle Englishmeaning shiftsto injoine, ordaine → orderenioinen‘order’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsorder → instruct someone authoritativelyenjoin‘instruct someone authoritatively’ · today
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 iniungere, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as in- ‘in, into; upon’ + iungere ‘to join, yoke together’.
Roots
- iniungere Latin “join or command”
- iungō (jungō), iūnxī, iūnctum Latin “to join, yoke together”
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