Where does “dikage” come from?
dikage (English) comes from English Dikê, from English diagonal cutters, from English diagonal, from Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά — two.
dikage (English): dikes generally, or their construction
Definitions
- dikes generally, or their construction
Ancestry of “dikage”, step by step
dikage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dikê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dikê | The goddess personifying the principle of justice |
| 2 | English | diagonal cutters | A cutting tool consisting of a pair of pliers with the working face being a pair of tapered, diagonal edges |
| 3 | English | diagonal | Joining two nonadjacent vertices; Having slanted... |
| 4 | Middle French | diagonal | — |
| 5 | Latin | diagōnālis | diagonal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαγώνιος | from angle to angle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |