Where does “ajournere” come from?
ajournere (Norwegian Bokmål) 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.
ajournere (Norwegian Bokmål): to postpone or adjourn to delay or put off an event, appointment etc
Definitions
- to postpone or adjourn to delay or put off an event, appointment etc
Ancestry of “ajournere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |