Pronounced: KAH-mix, noun
Notes: Perhaps not what you might think
Yesterday’s word
The word junto is “a small (usually secret) group of people united for a common purpose”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Spanish/Portuguese word junta (committee; association), which came from the Latin word jungere (to join). I was familiar with ‘junta’ — especially the phrase “military junta”; I was not aware that there was an Anglicized equivalent.
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