Joynt

Part of speech: noun, adjective

Definitions

1. A place where two or more parts meet and connect ; a cut of meat containing a bone ; held in common by two or more people ; to cut something into separate sections at its connecting points
2. The junction where separate pieces are fastened together ; a piece of meat cut from an animal for roasting ; owned or done together by several parties ; to separate a body or carcass at its natural joints
3. A connection point between components ; a roast or large section of meat ; belonging to or undertaken by more than one person ; to carve or divide a carcass into its articulated sections

Etymology: Joynt is an older spelling of joint, from Old French "joint", the past participle of "joindre", "to join". The French verb descends from Latin "iungere", "to join or yoke", and that same Latin root gave English "yoke", the wooden frame that binds a pair of oxen together. A joint, then, is literally the place where two things have been yoked. The adjective sense, "shared by two or more", grows from the same participle. Something joined is something held in common by the parties joined, which is why a joint account or a joint statement belongs to more than one person.