Where does “shoe leather journalism” come from?
shoe leather journalism (English) comes from English journalism, from French journalisme, from French journaliste, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs — to be bright; sky, heaven.
shoe leather journalism (English): done with great effort
Definitions
- done with great effort
Ancestry of “shoe leather journalism”, step by step
shoe leather journalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English journalism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | journalism | The activity or profession of being a journalist;... |
| 2 | French | journalisme | journalism |
| 3 | French | journaliste | a journalist; an anchorman or anchorwoman; a... |
| 4 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 5 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 6 | Latin | diurnālis | diurnal of the day; that takes place during the day |
| 7 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 8 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English shoe-leather
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shoe-leather | Leather that is used to make shoes; Leather from... |
| 2 | English | leather | A tough material produced from the skin of... |
| 3 | English | stocking | A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on... |
| 4 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 5 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 6 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 7 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 10 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |