English word enjoin comes from Proto-Italic *jungō (To join. To yoke.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*jungō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To join. To yoke. |
iungere | Latin (lat) | |
joindre | Old French (fro) | To join; to join onto. To meet up with; to go and see. |
ioindre | Middle French (frm) | To join (become a part of something). |
joindre | French (fra) | To join. To join up. |
iniungo | Latin (lat) | I enjoin or charge. I impose. I join or fasten. I unite. |
enjoindre | Old French (fro) | |
enjoin | English (eng) | (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.. (transitive, legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. |