iento

Latin

Etymology

    Via haplology from ieientō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ientō (present infinitive ientāre, perfect active ientāvī, supine ientātum); first conjugation

    1. alternative form of ieientō (to eat breakfast)

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • 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