Where does “jantar” come from?
jantar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese jantar, from Vulgar Latin jantare, from Latin ientare, from Latin iento, from Latin ieiunus, from Proto-Italic jagjūnos, from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- — to sacrifice.
jantar (Portuguese): dinner; to dine
Definitions
- dinner; to dine
Ancestry of “jantar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | jantar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | jantare | to eat lunch |
| 3 | Latin | ientare | present active infinitive of iēntō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | iento | I breakfast, eat breakfast |
| 5 | Latin | ieiunus | fasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | jagjūnos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-yu- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- | to sacrifice |