Where does “adjourn” come from?
Adjourn comes from Old French ajorner, from Old French a and Latin ad, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dyew- meaning sky or day.
adjourn (English): To postpone; To defer; to put off temporarily or...
Definitions
- To postpone; To defer; to put off temporarily or...
Ancestry of “adjourn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ajorner | — |
| 2 | Old French | jorn | to an day |
| 3 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 4 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 5 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |