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Where does “portagiornali” come from?

portagiornali (Italian) comes from Italian giornale, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, 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.

portagiornali (Italian): newspaper or magazine rack

Definitions

  1. newspaper or magazine rack

Ancestry of “portagiornali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangiornalenewspaper; newspaper office; journal, review
2Latindiurnālis—
3Latindiurnusof the day; daily; day
4Latindiēs—
5Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
6Proto-Italic*djous—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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