ieiento

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ieiientō, jejentō, jeijentō
  • iaientō, iaiientō, jajentō, jaijentō

Via haplology:

Etymology

    From earlier iaientō with palatal vowel assimilation, from Proto-Italic *jagjentō, nt-stem denominal from *h₁yaǵ- (to sacrifice). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἅζομαι (házomai, to dread, stand in reverence), Sanskrit यजति (yájati, to revere).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ieientō (present infinitive ieientāre, perfect active ieientāvī, supine ieientātum); first conjugation

    1. to eat breakfast

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • From haplologic form ientō
      • Vulgar Latin: *iantāre (to lunch) (Proto-Western-Romance)
        • Old Galician-Portuguese: jantar, iãtar, iantar, jãtar, yantar
          • Galician: xantar, xentar
          • Portuguese: jantar, jentar, jintar (see there for further descendants)
        • Old Leonese: iantar, yantar
        • Old Spanish: yantar
        • Romansch: gentar

    References

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ieiūnus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
    • ieientō” in volume 7, part 1, column 247, line 32 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present