Where does “ĵurnalisto” come from?
ĵurnalisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĵurnalo, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
ĵurnalisto (Esperanto): journalist
Ancestry of “ĵurnalisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĵurnalo | newspaper |
| 2 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 3 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 4 | Latin | diurnālis | — |
| 5 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |