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