Where does “ajourføre” come from?
ajourføre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French à jour, from French jour, from Middle French jour, from Old French jor, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
ajourføre (Norwegian Bokmål): to ensure compliance with the latest developments and conditions by adding or incorporating new information, to make something up to date or up to speed
Definitions
- to ensure compliance with the latest developments and conditions by adding or incorporating new information, to make something up to date or up to speed
Ancestry of “ajourføre”, step by step
ajourføre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French à jour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | à jour | up-to-date, current |
| 2 | French | jour | day; daylight, light; opening, aperture |
| 3 | Middle French | jour | daylight |
| 4 | Old French | jor | 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 |
via Old Norse fǿra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fǿra | To bring, convey; To bring, present; To remove |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fōrijaną | to cause to go; lead (someone; take lead; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |