hodiernal

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dyew-“to be bright; heaven, sky”
2. Latin · derived fromhodiernus“of today, today’s; present, present-day; actual”
3. English todayhodiernal

From hodiern (“of this day, present-day”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Hodiern is derived from Latin hodiernus (“of today, today’s; present, present-day; actual”), from hodiē (“today”) (from hōc (“this (thing)”) + diē (“day”) (ultimately Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”))) + -rnus (suffix forming adjectives).

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