Adjunction
/əˈdʒʌŋk.ʃən/noun
The act of joining or adding something to something else; in logic and grammar, a joining relationship or appended element.
Did you know?Adjunction shares its core with Latin *iungere* “to yoke, join,” the same ancient root behind words for unions, joints, and even “yoke” itself—language has been binding things together for millennia.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*yeug-
“to join, yoke together”
Latin
Latin
iungere
“to yoke, join, fasten together”
Latin
Latin
adiungere
“to join to, attach, add”
Old French
Old French
adjonction
“an addition or joining on”
Middle English
English
adjunction
“an act of joining or adding”
Modern English
English
adjunction
“the act of joining or adding something to something else”