English
jugerum
Jugerum comes from Latin iūgerum ‘a juger, a Roman unit of area, equivalent to 2…’, from Proto-Italic *jougos ‘yoked team of animals’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-1‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yéwgos2‘team, pair of yoked animals’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jougos2‘yoked team of animals’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūgerum3‘a juger, a Roman unit of area, equivalent to 2 acti or 28,800 square feet’
- Englishtodayjugerum3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin iugerum
- 3 Wiktionary, English jugerum
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yéwgosWiktionary, Latin iugerum‘team, pair of yoked animals’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jougosWiktionary, Latin iugerum‘yoked team of animals’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūgerumWiktionary, English jugerum‘a juger, a Roman unit of area, equivalent to 2 acti or 28,800 square feet’
- EnglishtodayjugerumWiktionary, English jugerum
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
join, yoga, conjunction, junction, yogi, adjunct, jodi, yoke, juncture, conjugate, conjugation, jugular, zygote, yojana, subjugate, yuga, 40 more
through Proto-Italic *jougos ‘yoked team of animals’
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “jugerum”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos, Latin iugerum. 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 *yewg- / jugerum