Where does “zour” come from?
zour (Réunion Creole French) comes from French jour, from Middle French jour, from Old French jor, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
zour (Réunion Creole French): day
Definitions
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Ancestry of “zour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | jour | day; daylight, light; opening, aperture |
| 2 | Middle French | jour | daylight |
| 3 | Old French | jor | day |
| 4 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 6 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |