English word just comes from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, and later Proto-Indo-European *yunégti (To be joining.)
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| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *yung- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *(H)yewg-s | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *yunégti | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | To be joining. |
| *yéwgos | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | Team, pair of yoked animals. |
| *jungō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To join. To yoke. |
| iungere | Latin (lat) | |
| *jougos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Yoked animals, team. |
| *jougVstos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
| iuxta | Latin (lat) | Just as. Near, close to. Nearly According to. Adjoining. Like. Near, close to, next to. |
| *iuxto | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| *iuxtāre | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| joster | Old French (fro) | (figuratively) to battle; to compete. To joust (compete in a jousting tournament). To joust (in a battle). |
| jouster | Old French (fro) | |
| joste | Old French (fro) | Joust (act, instance of jousting). |
| joust | English (eng) | (idiomatic) To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally). (idiomatic) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or [...] |
| just | English (eng) | To joust, fight a tournament. A joust, tournament. |