junction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where two or more roads, railways, or routes meet.

   Turn left at the next road junction.

2. 2
   noun

   A point where two things join or come together.

   Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

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Simplified etymology

Junction derives from Latin jungere, “to join,” the same source as join. It entered English in the early 18th century with the general sense “joining,” and its use for connections in transport dates from the late 18th century.

From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.

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