Where does “ժուռնալիստ” come from?
ժուռնալիստ (Armenian) comes from Russian журнали́ст, from French journaliste, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
ժուռնալիստ (Armenian): journalist
Ancestry of “ժուռնալիստ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | журнали́ст | — |
| 2 | French | journaliste | a journalist; an anchorman or anchorwoman; a... |
| 3 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 4 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 5 | Latin | diurnālis | — |
| 6 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |