English
adjourn
Adjourn comes from Middle English ajournen, and goes back to Old French ajorner.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ajorner
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ajournen
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678adjourn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ajorner
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ajournen
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678adjourn
Earliest quotation: a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, (please specify the chapter name or sermon number): “It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation…”
Every English word from Old French ajorner
Today it means
verb To postpone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French ajorner / adjourn