Word of the Day
joste
Joste
Old French
English pronunciation/dʒaʊst/Old French/dʒuste/
“The word that means a mounted combat between knights originally meant nothing more than 'to come together' — two horsemen approaching each other.”
Joust comes from Old French joste or jouste, which derives from Vulgar Latin *iuxtāre, meaning 'to come near, to approach,' from Latin iuxtā (near, beside). The word's origin has nothing to do with violence. It simply described proximity. Two men on horses riding toward each other were juxtaposed — placed beside each other. What they did when they met was not in the word.
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