Where does “mediodía” come from?

mediodía (Spanish) comes from Spanish día, 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 — to be bright; sky, heaven.

mediodía (Spanish): noon, midday; lunchtime; meridian

Definitions

  1. noon, midday; lunchtime; meridian

Ancestry of “mediodía”, step by step

mediodía traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish día

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdíaday; day, daytime
2Old Spanishdiaday
3Vulgar Latindiainflection of dius: ## nominative/vocative...
4LatindiēsA day, particularly
5Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
6Proto-Italic*djous—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Spanish medio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmediohalf, half a/an; middle, mid; mid, in the middle...
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyéws →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws →