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"to join (put together)" in seven languages

Meaningto join (put together)

Spanish

juntar

/xunˈtaɾ/

inherited

Built on junto 'together' (IŪNCTUM, the participle of IUNGERE). Joining a group is unirse a.

French

joindre

/ʒwɛ̃dʁ/

inherited

Joining people is rejoindre: je te rejoins au café.

Italian

unire

/uˈnire/

other source · Latin ŪNĪRE 'to make one'

Portuguese

juntar

/ʒũˈtah/

inherited

Romanian

uni

/uˈni/

other source · Latin ŪNĪRE 'to make one'

Catalan

ajuntar

/əʒunˈta/

inherited

English

join

/dʒɔɪn/

from Latin/French · Old French joindre, from Latin IUNGERE

English → Italianto join (put together)unireNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: junction, joint, conjunction, juncture.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

IUNGERE‘to yoke, to join’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Latin I- before a vowel became a consonant: Spanish j [x], French j [ʒ]. Italian prefers unire, 'to make one'.

English relatives: junction, joint, conjunction, juncture

Sound laws at work

Initial I- (J-) and G before E, I

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In a sentence

  • esJuntamos las dos mesas.
  • frOn a joint les deux tables.
  • itAbbiamo unito i due tavoli.
  • ptJuntamos as duas mesas.
  • roAm unit cele două mese.
  • caVam ajuntar les dues taules.
  • enWe joined the two tables.

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