Where does “ažur” come from?
ažur (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French à jour, from French jour, from Middle French jour, from Old French jor, from Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
ažur (Serbo-Croatian): openwork, a-jour-work; cutwork; drawn-thread...
Definitions
- openwork, a-jour-work; cutwork; drawn-thread...
Ancestry of “ažur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | à jour | up-to-date, current |
| 2 | French | jour | day; daylight, light; opening, aperture |
| 3 | Middle French | jour | — |
| 4 | Old French | jor | day |
| 5 | Latin | diurnum | masculine accusative singular of diurnus; neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |