The French word quotidien comes from Latin dies, diei. Are there any other French words that come from this Latin root? The word jour is so predominantly used to mean "day", that I'm curious whether there are any other words built from the Latin dies.
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The di used in all weekdays come from dies (e.g. dies dominicus → dimanche, lunae dies → lundi...).
Jour and diurne come indirectly from dies too. (dies → diurnus → jorn → jour)
Aujourd'hui is coming twice from dies: jour as already written, and hui from hodie / hoc die (in this day).
Midi (noon) and méridien from meridies (medius dies)
Circadien from circa diem (about one day).
jadis from old French ja a dis
tandis from Latin tamdiu (tam diu)
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I find it especially interesting that jour comes from dies, indirectly.– ktm5124Commented Sep 29, 2017 at 23:47