Etymology Dictionary

JOIN,  to connect, unite, annex.  (F.,—L.)   M.E. ioynen, ioignen; P. Plowman, B. ii. 136; A. ii. 106.—O.F. joindre, to join.—Lat. iungere, pp. iunctus, to join (base iug-).—✔YUG, to join, longer form of ✔YU, to join; cf. Skt. yuj, to join, connect, yu, to bind, join, mix; also Gk. ζευγνύναι, to join, yoke.   From the same root is E. yoke; see Yoke.   Der. join-er, Sir T. More, Works, p. 345 d; join-er-y; joind-er (from F. joindre), Tw. Nt. v. 160; and see joint, junct-ure, junct-ion, junta.   From F. joindre we also have ad-join, con-join, dis-join, en-join, sub-join.   From Lat. iungere (pp. iunct-us) we have ad-junct, con-junct-ure, con-junct-ion, dis-junct-ion, in-junct-ion; whilst the Lat. base iug- appears in con-jug-al, con-jug-ate, sub-jug-ate, jug-ul-ar.