Where does “biquotidien” come from?
biquotidien (French) comes from French quotidien, from Latin quotidianus, from Latin quotidie, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
biquotidien (French): twice daily
Ancestry of “biquotidien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | quotidien | daily; everyday, quotidian, commonplace, mundane;... |
| 2 | Latin | quotidianus | Alternative form of cotīdiānus; happening every... |
| 3 | Latin | quotidie | Alternative form of cotīdiē; every day, daily;... |
| 4 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |