英语词汇“Indo-European root: dā-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: dā-

释义

‌‌dā-
To divide. Oldest form *deh₂‑, colored to *dah₂‑, becoming *dā‑.
Derivatives include democracy, epidemic, demon, and time.

Suffixed form *dā-mo‑, perhaps "division of society." deme, demos, demotic; demagogue, demiurge, democracy, demography, endemic, epidemic, pandemic, from Greek dēmos, people, land.
Variant *dai‑, from extended form *daəi‑, with zero-grade *dī‑ (< *diə‑, metathesized from *dəi‑).
1. Root form *dai‑. geodesy, from Greek daiesthai, to divide.
2. Suffixed form *dai-mon‑, divider, provider. daimon, demon, from Greek daimōn, divinity.
3. Suffixed variant form *dī-ti‑.
  1. tide¹; eventide, from Old English tīd, time, season;
  2. tide², from Old English denominative tīdan, to happen (< "to occur in time");
  3. tidings, from Old Norse tīdhr, occurring;
  4. Yahrzeit, zeitgeber, Zeitgeist, from Old High German zīt, time. a-d all from Germanic *tīdiz, division of time.
4. Suffixed variant form *dī-mon‑. time, from Old English tīma, time, period, from Germanic *tīmōn‑.

[Pokorny dā : də‑ 175.]

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