Where does “diking” come from?
diking (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.
diking (English): The process of building a dike
Definitions
- The process of building a dike
Ancestry of “diking”, step by step
| 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 |