Where does “Jour J” come from?
Jour J (French) comes from French jour, from Middle French jour, from Old French jor, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Jour J (French): D-Day WWII
Definitions
- D-Day WWII
Ancestry of “Jour J”, step by step
Jour J traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French jour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jour | day; daylight, light; opening, aperture |
| 2 | Middle French | jour | daylight |
| 3 | Old French | jor | day |
| 4 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 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 | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English D-Day
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | D-Day | The date of any major event planned for the... |
| 2 | English | D | The ordinal number fourth, derived from this... |
| 3 | English | dirham | A unit of currency used in the Arab world,... |
| 4 | Arabic | دِرْهَم | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 | drachm |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δραχμή | drachma; drachm |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δράσσομαι | to grasp, take handfuls; I hold, seize; to hold,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dreǵʰ- | to be unwilling, vexed |