Where does “zojuist” come from?
zojuist (Dutch) comes from Dutch juist, from Middle Dutch juust, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
zojuist (Dutch): just now, just a moment ago
Definitions
- just now, just a moment ago
Ancestry of “zojuist”, step by step
zojuist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch juist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | juist | right, correct; just; just, at that moment |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | juust | — |
| 3 | Old French | juste | — |
| 4 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Dutch zo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zo | so, thus, like that/this; so, that, to such an... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | sô | so, like that, in that manner |
| 3 | Old Dutch | sō | like that, in that manner |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swā | so, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |