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Where does “jeure” come from?

jeure (Catalan) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

jeure (Catalan): to lie, as in preparation for sleep or sexual...

Definitions

  1. to lie, as in preparation for sleep or sexual...

Ancestry of “jeure”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jeure”

  • ajeure
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