Where does “journaille” come from?
journaille (Dutch) comes from German Journaille, from German Journalist, from French journaliste, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs — to be bright; sky, heaven.
journaille (Dutch): gutter-press journalists, yellow journalists
Definitions
- gutter-press journalists, yellow journalists
Ancestry of “journaille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Journaille | sensationalist press, journalists of the gutter... |
| 2 | German | Journalist | journalist male or of unspecified gender |
| 3 | French | journaliste | a journalist; an anchorman or anchorwoman; a... |
| 4 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 5 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 6 | Latin | diurnālis | diurnal of the day; that takes place during the day |
| 7 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 8 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |