An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. An element of a group related to a given element x by y = z^-1xz or zy = xz, where z is another element of the group. Also known as → transform.
   

2. To → inflect a verb.

Etymology (EN): From L. conjugare “to join together,” from → com- “together” + jugare “to join,” from jugum “yoke,” from PIE *yeug- “to join;” cf. Av. yaog- “to yoke, put to; to join, unite,” Mid.Pers. jug, ayoxtan “to join, yoke,” Mod.Pers. yuq “yoke,” Skt. yugam “yoke,” Hittite yugan “yoke;” Gk. zygon “yoke,” zeugnyanai “to join, unite,” O.C.S. igo, O.Welsh iou, Lith. jungas O.E. geoc.

Etymology (PE): Hamyuq, from ham- “together,” → com- + yuq “yoke,” from PIE *yeug- “to join,” as above.