English
joinder
Joinder comes from Old French joindre ‘to join’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti ~ *yungénti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungō1‘to join’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungō2‘join’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400joindre2‘to join’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1601–1602joinder2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin iungo
- 2 Wiktionary, English joinder
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfe Night, or What You Will: “A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yunégti ~ *yungéntiWiktionary, Latin iungoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jungōWiktionary, Latin iungo‘to join’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiungōWiktionary, English joinder‘join’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400joindreWiktionary, English joinder‘to join’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1601–1602joinderWiktionary, English joinder. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfe Night, or What You Will: “A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’
conjunction, disjunction, 8 more
through Latin iungō ‘join’
junction, junta, adjunct, juncture, juxtaposition, adjoining, subjunctive, conjunct, jostle, disjoint, adjoint, enjoin, 11 more
through Old French joindre ‘to join’
Today it means
noun The joining of a litigant to a suit.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “joinder”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin iungo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti / joinder