Where does “Dia de Reis” come from?
Dia de Reis (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dó, from Italian do, from Italian doni, from Italian dono, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek, from Ottoman Turkish دونمك, from Old Turkic ton-.
Dia de Reis (Portuguese): Epiphany Christian feast
Definitions
- Epiphany Christian feast
Ancestry of “Dia de Reis”, step by step
Dia de Reis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese dó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dó | pity; do |
| 2 | Italian | do | first-person singular indicative present of dare;... |
| 3 | Italian | doni | plural of dono; second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | dono | gift; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | dōnum | gift, present |
| 6 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 8 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 9 | English | Hyun | — |
| 10 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 11 | Chinese | 玄 | — |
via Portuguese dia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | dia | day; occurring on the specified day of the month |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | 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 |