日 Jour Day
journal ('daily'): journal, journalist (journaliste)
diurne ('daily'): diurnal, diary (journal)
journée (day, day's work, day's travel): journey (voyage), journeyman (journalier)
du jour (today's): du jour
ajourner ('to put off till another day'): to adjourn, adjournment (ajournement)
séjourner ('to spend days', to dwell): to sojourn, sojourner (touriste)
méridien ('midday', south): meridian, meridional (méridional)
quotidien ('every day', daily): quotidian
Diète ('day [of work]', assembly): Diet
★ French aujourd'hui (today), lundi ('moon day' ⇨ Lune: Moon), mardi (Mars day), mercredi (Mercury day), jeudi (Jupiter day), vendredi (Venus day), samedi ('Sabbath day'), méridional (southerner)
Es dÃa (day), hoy (today)
It di (day), diurno (daily), giorno (day), diario (diary), oggi (today), pomeriggio ('after midday', p.m.)
De Tag (day), Landstag (Diet)
★ The relation between all the words above is more obvious through Latin diem (day), diurnus (daily) and hodie ('this day'): diem → dÃa, di, lundi; diurnus → giorno, jour; hodie → hoy, oggi, [aujourd']hui.
时 Temps: Time
冬 Hiver: Winter
夏 Été: Summer
秋 Automne: Fall
年 Année: Year
月 Mois: Month
日 Jour: Day
夜 Nuit: Night
晨 Matin: Morning
晚 Soir: Evening
慢 Tard: Late
快 Rapide: Fast
新 Nouveau: New
旧 Ancien: Old
持久 Durer: to Last
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