iunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

• junctio

Etymology

From iungō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

iūnctiō f (genitive iūnctiōnis); third declension

1. joining, uniting
2. joint, junction, union

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iūnctiō	iūnctiōnēs
genitive	iūnctiōnis	iūnctiōnum
dative	iūnctiōnī	iūnctiōnibus
accusative	iūnctiōnem	iūnctiōnēs
ablative	iūnctiōne	iūnctiōnibus
vocative	iūnctiō	iūnctiōnēs

Descendants

• English: junction
  • → Bengali: জংশন (joṅśon)
  • → Japanese: ジャンクション
• French: jonction
• → German: Junktion
• Italian: giunzione
• Portuguese: junção
• Romanian: joncțiune
• Sicilian: junziuni (older), junzioni

References

• “iunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers