Where does “dikelet” come from?
dikelet (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.
dikelet (English): A small dike
Definitions
- A small dike
Ancestry of “dikelet”, step by step
dikelet 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 let
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | let | To allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow... |
| 2 | Middle English | leten | to let |
| 3 | Old English | lǣtan | to let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |