ajournement.
a delay or postponement (a period of time before an event occurs)
Meaning & usage
a delay or postponement (a period of time before an event occurs)
Where this word comes from
à jour + -ment, first part from French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”) + from French jour (“day”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“sky”) and *s + and from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós. Last part from French -ment, from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Late Latin -mentum (“instrument”), from -menta, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂, from *-mn̥ + *-teh₂.
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