Etymology

contre-jour

Today it means: Synonym of backlighting. Full definition →

French contre-jour ← Middle French jour ← Old French jor
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The story

  1. Frenchcontre
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
  4. Proto-Italic*djous
  5. Latindiēs
  6. Latindiurnus
  7. Late Latindiurnum
  8. Old Frenchjor
  9. Middle Frenchjour
  10. Frenchjour
  11. Frenchcontre-jour
  12. English todaycontre-jour

Borrowed from French contre-jour.

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