joiner

English

/ˈdʒɔɪnɚ/, /ˈdʒɔɪnə/

noun
Definitions
  • A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
  • A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English joynour (etc, maker of furniture, small boxes) derived from Old French joigneor (joiner, carpenter) suffix from English join root from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (join, yoke, harness, unite, tie together).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yewg-

Gloss

join, yoke, harness, unite, tie together

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