Diana

Latin

/diːˈaː.na/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (religion) Diana, the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.

Etymology

Suffix from Latin dīvus (divine, of a god, god), deus (god, deity) inherited from Old Latin deiva inherited from Proto-Italic *deiwā (goddess) derived from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (god, the celestial one, deity, shine, god that which belongs to heaven) suffix from Latin dīva (goddess) root from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dyew-

Gloss

sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

日

Emoji
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