Where does “Didot” come from?
Didot (French) comes from French Didier, from Latin Desiderius, from Latin desiderium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Didot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Didier | borne by two early French saints |
| 2 | Latin | Desiderius | — |
| 3 | Latin | desiderium | longing, desire, wish; grief, regret; need,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |