Where does “día” come from?
día (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish dia, from Vulgar Latin dia, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
día (Spanish): day; day, daytime
Definitions
- day; day, daytime
Ancestry of “día”, step by step
día traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish dia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | dia | day |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | dia | inflection of dius: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English dia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dia | A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |