Other forms: conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that joins clauses, such as and or but. A coordinating conjunction, start with a conjunction, the conjunction and.
The coordinating ones join equals — and, but, or — and the subordinating ones hang one clause off another: because, although, while. Starting a sentence with a conjunction is perfectly correct, whatever anybody was taught at school.
1nounconjunctionA word that joins clauses, such as and or but.
“Our English teacher asked us to join the two short sentences with a conjunction.”
conjunction is a word class.
Latin coniunctio means a joining, from coniungere — con, together, plus iungere, to join.
Proto-Indo-European
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Latin
coniūnctiō — joining
Old French
conjonction
English, today
conjunction
Built from
From Old French conjonction, from Latin coniūnctiō (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA