Where does “dio” come from?
dio (Ido) comes from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dio (Ido): day
Definitions
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Ancestry of “dio”, step by step
dio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Italian | circolazione | traffic |
| 3 | Latin | circulatio | revolution (circular course), circulation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Spanish día
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | día | day; day, daytime |
| 2 | Old Spanish | dia | day |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | dia | inflection of dius: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 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 | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |