Where does “jou” come from?
jou (Haitian Creole) 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.
jou (Haitian Creole): day
Definitions
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Ancestry of “jou”, step by step
| 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 |