Adjoin
/əˈdʒɔɪn/noun
To be next to or in contact with something; to add or attach.
Did you know?Adjoin comes through Old French from Latin ad- (“to, toward”) + iungere (“to yoke, join”), the same ancient root behind words tied to binding, union, and being harnessed together.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*yeug-
“to join, yoke together”
Latin
Latin
iungere
“to join, yoke, fasten together”
Late Latin
Latin
adiungere
“to join to, attach”
Old French
Old French
ajoindre
“to adjoin, add, join to”
Middle English
English
adjoinen
“to join to, be next to”
Modern English
English
adjoin
“to be next to or attached to”