tagmezo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old High German tag

Middle High German tac

German Tagbor.

Esperanto tago

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Italic *meðios

Latin medius

Italian mezzoder.

Esperanto mezo

Esperanto tagmezo

From tago (“day”) + mezo (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡˈmezo/

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• Rhymes: -ezo
• Syllabification: tag‧me‧zo
• Hyphenation: tag‧mezo

Noun

tagmezo (accusative singular tagmezon, plural tagmezoj, accusative plural tagmezojn)

1. noon

Derived terms

• antaŭtagmezo (“forenoon, morning”)
• posttagmezo (“afternoon”)