Etymology

abat-jour

Today it means: A skylight. Full definition →

French abat-jour ← Middle French jour ← Old French jor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  6. Latinbattuō
  7. Latinbattō
  8. Late Latinabbattō
  9. Old Frenchabatre
  10. Middle Frenchabbatre
  11. Frenchabat
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
  14. Proto-Italic*djous
  15. Latindiēs
  16. Latindiurnus
  17. Late Latindiurnum
  18. Old Frenchjor
  19. Middle Frenchjour
  20. Frenchjour
  21. Frenchabat-jour
  22. English todayabat-jour

Borrowed from French abat-jour.

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