ayuno.
fasting (not having eaten)
Meaning & usage
fasting (not having eaten)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Spanish ayuno, from a Vulgar Latin *aiūnus < *iaiūnus, jajūnus, from Latin iēiūnus, from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”).
fast (time without eating)
Where this word comes from
From the above, or from Latin ieiūnium (through a similar Vulgar Latin intermediate). Doublet of the borrowed yeyuno.
first-person singular present indicative of ayunar
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