Where does “ajournable” come from?
ajournable (French) comes from French ajourner, 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.
ajournable (French): adjournable, postponable
Ancestry of “ajournable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ajourner | postpone, adjourn, put off |
| 2 | Old French | ajorner | — |
| 3 | Old French | jorn | to an day |
| 4 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 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 | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |