Etymograph

English

jumart

Jumart comes from French jument ‘mare’, from Old French jument ‘beast of burden’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to yoke’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-1‘to yoke’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yéwgmn̥1‘yoking’uncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jouksməntom1uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūmentum2‘a draft animal, a beast of burden’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jument2‘beast of burden’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentjument3‘mare’
  7. Englishtodayjumart3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin iumentum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French jument
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English jumart

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-Wiktionary, Latin iumentum‘to yoke’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yéwgmn̥Wiktionary, Latin iumentum‘yoking’uncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jouksməntomWiktionary, Latin iumentumuncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūmentumWiktionary, French jument‘a draft animal, a beast of burden’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400jumentWiktionary, French jument‘beast of burden’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentjumentWiktionary, English jumart‘mare’
  7. EnglishtodayjumartWiktionary, English jumart

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to yoke’

join, yoga, conjunction, junction, yogi, jodi, yoke, adjunct, juncture, conjugate, conjugation, zygote, jugular, yojana, subjugate, yuga, 40 more

Today it means

noun The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jumart”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin iumentum, French jument. 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- / jumart

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