Where does “dianzi” come from?
dianzi (Italian) 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.
dianzi (Italian): A short time before; a while ago
Definitions
- A short time before; a while ago
Ancestry of “dianzi”, step by step
dianzi 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 Italian anzi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | anzi | on the contrary; or rather; or better still; or... |
| 2 | Latin | antea | before, beforehand; formerly, previously |
| 3 | Latin | eā | "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns) |
| 4 | Latin | is | he, it; this or that man, this or that thing;... |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |