Where does “nonadjournment” come from?
nonadjournment (English) comes from English adjournment, from English adjourn, from Old French ajorner, from Old French jorn, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
nonadjournment (English): Absence of adjournment; failure to adjourn
Definitions
- Absence of adjournment; failure to adjourn
Ancestry of “nonadjournment”, step by step
nonadjournment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adjournment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjournment | The state of being adjourned, or action of... |
| 2 | English | adjourn | To postpone; To defer; to put off temporarily or... |
| 3 | Old French | ajorner | — |
| 4 | Old French | jorn | to an day |
| 5 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |