Jugular
/ˈdʒuːɡjʊlər/noun
Relating to the throat or neck, especially the jugular vein.
Did you know?Jugular comes from Latin jugulum, meaning both “throat” and “collarbone,” a body-part word tied to the ancient idea of the neck as a place of binding and control.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*yeug-
“to join, bind, or yoke together”
Latin
Latin
iugum
“yoke”
Latin
Latin
iugulum
“throat; collarbone; the place where a yoke rests”
Late Latin
Latin
iugularis
“of the throat or neck”
Middle English
English
jugular
“of the throat or neck”
Modern English
English
jugular
“relating to the throat or neck, especially the jugular vein”