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Where does “ajeure” come from?

ajeure (Catalan) comes from Catalan jeure, from Catalan jaure, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

ajeure (Catalan): to lay down; to lie down

Definitions

  1. to lay down; to lie down

Ancestry of “ajeure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanjeureto lie, as in preparation for sleep or sexual...
2CatalanjaureAlternative form of jeure
3Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
4Latiniaceō—
5Latin-eō—
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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