Joint

Morpheme

Joint

Type

free base

Denotation

meeting place, point of coming together, unification spot

Etymology

Middle English joynt; Old French joint, from joindre; Latin iūnctus

Evidence

disjointed, disjointedly, disjointedness, jointage, jointed, jointer, jointfir, jointing, jointly, joints, jointure, jointureless, jointweed, jointworm, pseudojoint, unjoint

Notes

juncture and jointure are doublets

See Also

Join, Joinder