subjunctive
Meaningjoined under
Common meaning: the verb mood used for wishes and possibilities
- subunder; from below
- junctto join, yoke togetherLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1017 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
‘under’ + ‘to join, yoke together’ → subjunctive
Journey through time
- Latiniungō (jungō), iūnxī, iūnctum‘to join, yoke together’
- Englishsubjunctive‘the verb mood used for wishes and possibilities’ · today
sub- also in: subornsubtlesuburbsubmergesubaltern
junct also in: adjunctivesubjunctively
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin iungō (jungō) ‘to join, yoke together’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry iungō (jungō), p. 1017 · dictionary scan
Roots
- iungō (jungō), iūnxī, iūnctum Latin “to join, yoke together”
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