day diary 4 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 day
lexeme 2 diary
meaning 1 daytime
direction
meaning 2 an account of daily events

They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer's hard drive.

reference Merriam-Webster
comment

From Latin diarium "daily allowance," later "a journal," from dies "day".

NEW Realization 2
type Derivation
language French
lexeme 1 jour
lexeme 2 journal
meaning 1 day
direction
meaning 2 diary

Je pense que c’est le danger si l’on tient un journal : on s’exagère tout, on est aux aguets, on force continuellement la vérité. [Journal à quatre mains: 396]


I think that's the danger of keeping a journal: you exaggerate everything, you're always on edge, you constantly force the truth.

reference DAF
comment

Inherited from Old French journal (“daily”), from Late Latin diurnalis.

NEW Realization 3
type Derivation
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme 1 יוֹמ
lexeme 2 יוֹמָן
meaning 1 day
direction
meaning 2 diary
reference Klein 1987: 256
comment Formed from יוֹמ "day" and suff. ־ָן .
NEW Realization 4
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 день
lexeme 2 дневник
meaning 1 day
direction
meaning 2 diary

В этом году я принял решение вести дневник.


I have made a resolution to keep a diary this year.

reference Fasmer 1986: 518
comment

Calque form French jоurnal from Late Latin diurnalis "daily," from Latin dies "day" + -urnus, an adjectival suffix denoting time.

Cf. ежедневник "dairy, organizer", formed from prefix еже- "which" + день "day" [Fasmer 1986 v. 2: 11].