yeug- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	yeug-
DEFINITION:	To join. Derivatives include yoke, jugular, adjust, junta, and yoga. I. Zero-grade form yug-. 1. Suffixed form yug-o-. a. yoke, from Old English geoc, yoke, from Germanic yukam; b. jugate, jugular, jugum; conjugate, subjugate, from Latin iugum,* yoke; c. zygo- zygoma, zygote, –zygous; azygous, syzygy, from Greek zugon, yoke, and zugoun, to join; d. Yuga, from Sanskrit yugam, yoke. 2. Suffixed (superlative) form yug-isto-. jostle, joust; adjust, juxtapose, juxtaposition, from Latin ixt,* close by, perhaps from iugist (vi), “on a nearby (road).” 3. Nasalized zero-grade form yu-n-g-. join, joinder, joint, jointure, junction, juncture, junta; adjoin, conjoin, conjugal, conjunct, enjoin, injunction, rejoin, rejoinder, subjoin, from Latin iungere, to join. II. Suffixed form yeug-m. zeugma, from Greek zeugma,* a bond. III. Suffixed o-grade form youg-o-. yoga, from Sanskrit yoga,* union. (Pokorny 2. eu- 508.)


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