Where does “adjournal” come from?

adjournal (English) comes from English adjourn, from Old French ajorner, from Old French jorn, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.

adjournal (English): adjournment; postponement

Definitions

  1. adjournment; postponement

Ancestry of “adjournal”, step by step

adjournal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English adjourn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadjournTo postpone; To defer; to put off temporarily or...
2Old Frenchajorner
3Old Frenchjornto an day
4Latindiurnummasculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter...
5Latindiurnusof the day; daily; day
6LatindiēsA day, particularly
7Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
8Proto-Italic*djous
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via English AL

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishALInitialism of assembly language; Initialism of...
2Dutchalall, all of; already; yet
3Middle Dutchalall, all of; completely; even though, no matter...
4Old Dutchāl
5Proto-West Germanicallall
6Proto-Germanicallazall
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéwsEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws
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