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Where does “adiamento” come from?

adiamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese adiar, from Portuguese dia, from Old Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin dia, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.

adiamento (Portuguese): postponement, delay; deferment, stay; adjournment

Definitions

  1. postponement, delay; deferment, stay; adjournment

Ancestry of “adiamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseadiarto postpone, delay, adjourn, defer
2Portuguesediaday; occurring on the specified day of the month
3Old Portuguesediaday
4Vulgar Latindiainflection of dius: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latindiēs—
6Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
7Proto-Italic*djous—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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