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junct / jug / join

to join, yoke

Latin · iungere / iunctus

Latin iungere 'to join', past form iunctus; related iugum 'yoke'. It appears as junct-, jug- and join: junction is a joining place, join links, conjugal means yoked together in marriage.

Memory trick

A JUNCTion is where roads JOIN: JUNCT, JUG and JOIN all mean to link.

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