Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together · To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. · To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. · To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate. · The point where two components of a structure join rigidly. · Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. · The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
United, combined · Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
The noun is from Middle English joynt (attested since the late 13th century), from Old French joint (“joint of the body”) (attested since the 12th century). The adjective (attested since the 15th century) is from Old French jointiz. Both Old French words are from Latin iūnctus, the past participle of iungō. See also join, jugular, junction. Displaced Old English fōg and partially displaced English lith. The meaning of "building, establishment", especially in connection with shady activities, appeared in Anglo-Irish by 1821 and entered general American English slang by 1877, especially in the sense of "opium den". The sense "marijuana cigarette" is attested since 1935. The development to meaning "any thing" also happened to the Scots and Memphian form junt and the Mid-Atlantic/Philadelphian form jawn.
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