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Latin
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
- to eat breakfast
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- From haplologic form ientō
- Vulgar Latin: *iantāre (“to lunch”) (Proto-Western-Romance)
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