junctionyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[junction 词源字典]
junction: see join
[junction etymology, junction origin, 英语词源]
junction (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1711, "act of joining," from Latin iunctionem (nominative iunctio), noun of action from past participle stem of iungere "to join together" (see jugular). Meaning "place where things meet" first attested 1836, American English, originally in reference to railroad tracks.