English → Latin
“adjoin” in Latin
addōto add; to put, place, lay a person or thing to another; to acquireadiungōto add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something); to apply to, direct to (mentally); to harness, yokead-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action
The English word adjoin itself goes back to Latin iungō, through adiungō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adjoin
transitive,
addere, adjungere, ad-, sub-jicere (aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid: subjicere only alicui rei). SYN. in ADD, intransitive.
To be adjacent to; of countries. Vid: ADJACENT.
Of buildings, continuari alicui loco (to join it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adjoin?
- The usual Latin words for “adjoin” are addō, adiungō, ad-. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.