Where does “abat-jour” come from?
abat-jour (French) comes from French jour, from Middle French jour, from Old French jor, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
abat-jour (French): lampshade; eyeshade; skylight
Definitions
- lampshade; eyeshade; skylight
Ancestry of “abat-jour”, step by step
abat-jour traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French jour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jour | day; daylight, light; opening, aperture |
| 2 | Middle French | jour | daylight |
| 3 | Old French | jor | day |
| 4 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via French abattre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abattre | to butcher; to slaughter for meat; to shoot dead;... |
| 2 | Middle French | abbatre | to knock down |
| 3 | Old French | abatre | to knock over; to knock down; to destroy; to... |
| 4 | Late Latin | abbatto | — |
| 5 | Latin | battō | to beat att. from 2nd c. CE |
| 6 | Latin | battuō | to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike |