iunctio

iunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *yewg-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *yunégti
Proto-Italic *jungō
Latin iungō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin iūnctiō

    From iungō + -tiō.

    Noun

    iūnctiō f (genitive iūnctiōnis); third declension

    1. joining, uniting
    2. joint, junction, union

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative iūnctiō iūnctiōnēs
    genitive iūnctiōnis iūnctiōnum
    dative iūnctiōnī iūnctiōnibus
    accusative iūnctiōnem iūnctiōnēs
    ablative iūnctiōne iūnctiōnibus
    vocative iūnctiō iūnctiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: junction
      • → Bengali: জংশন (joṅśon)
      • → Japanese: ジャンクション
    • French: jonction
    • → German: Junktion
    • Italian: giunzione
    • Portuguese: junção
    • Romanian: joncțiune
    • Sicilian: junziuni (older), junzioni

    References

    • “iunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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