Translation
afternoon
Word origin
An Esperanto compound of post ('after'), tago ('day') and mezo ('middle'): the time after the day's midpoint. Tagmezo on its own is midday.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- post + tago + mezo
Examples
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The afternoon was warm and calm.
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Every afternoon she walks in the park.
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We will meet tomorrow afternoon.
decodes itself: post plus , which is itself tago plus mezo, the middle of the day. So the word literally means "after-midday", which is exactly what an afternoon is. The adverb covers "in the afternoon", and clock times take : tria is three in the afternoon. It hands over to somewhere around dinner.
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