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Either of two points in the orbit of a celestial body where the body is in opposition to or in conjunction with the sun.Thanks to Michael Coney, I actually knew that. But what on Earth (ha ha) is its etymology? Hiya Bonzo Dog, by the way 
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But what on Earth (ha ha) is its etymology?
Ho ho. Looks Greek to me, tunny honey, but I defer to one of our experts.
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I defer to one of our expertsWhat, we've got some? Who let them in to this party of lovable amateurs? 
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It's from the Greek through Latin.
Late Latin syzygia, from Greek suzugi, union, from suzugos, paired : sun-, su-, syn- + zugon, yoke; see yeug- in Appendix I.
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Boy, and I thought syzygy was a WORD GAME!(I don't know how to do Italics) In fact, I just found out what the original Syzygy game was, it's a bit like a word ladder but became unpopular because it was too complicated since each step has more than one letter in common. E.g: Man - Ice man perMANent ENTice ICE ...looks like I just answered my own question!  (Hididdley-ho Fish-bike by the way! )
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(I don't know how to do Italics) Honey, if you can do smiley faces you can do italics. Just sniff around a little more.
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Thank-ee nunclage. Interesting that the "z" was retained here (though lost in "yoke" itself). Any connection to zygote ?? That would imply "yoke" and "yolk" are connected.
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