Where does “bicotidian” come from?
bicotidian (Romanian) comes from French biquotidien, from French quotidien, from Latin quotidianus, from Latin quotidie, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
bicotidian (Romanian): twice daily
Definitions
- twice daily
Ancestry of “bicotidian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | biquotidien | twice daily |
| 2 | French | quotidien | daily; everyday, quotidian, commonplace, mundane;... |
| 3 | Latin | quotidianus | Alternative form of cotīdiānus; happening every... |
| 4 | Latin | quotidie | Alternative form of cotīdiē; every day, daily;... |
| 5 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |