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injunction

in-JUNK-shuhn · noun

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Origin

From Middle English iniunccyon or iniunccion, borrowed from Old French injonctïon, which came from Latin iniūnctiō, meaning 'command, injunction.'

Journey

The facts available don't show a shift in meaning — the word has carried the sense of a command or order since its Latin root.

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No related or cognate word is given in the available facts.

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From Old French

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