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Where does “dejun” come from?

dejun (Romanian) comes from French déjeuner, from Latin disieiūnāre, from Latin iēiūnō, from Latin iēiūnus, from Latin iaiūnus, from Proto-Italic jagjūnos, from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- — to sacrifice.

dejun (Romanian): lunch

Definitions

  1. lunch

Ancestry of “dejun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdéjeunerto lunch, to eat lunch, to have lunch; to have...
2Latindisieiūnāre—
3Latiniēiūnō—
4Latiniēiūnus—
5Latiniaiūnus—
6Proto-Italicjagjūnos—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyeh₂ǵ-yu-—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyeh₂ǵ-ye/o-to sacrifice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- →