Where does “hiatus” come from?
Hiatus comes from Latin hiatus, the past participle of hiāre (to gape or open), derived from Proto-Italic hiāō and Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁y-, meaning to yawn or open.
hiatus (English): A gap in a series, making it incomplete; An...
Definitions
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete; An...
Ancestry of “hiatus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | hiātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | hiō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | hiāō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- | to gape, be wide open |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |
Words derived from “hiatus”