Meridiem

Japanese: meridiem
Meridiem

…In British and American English, am and pm are often used to indicate morning and afternoon. These are abbreviations of ante meridiem and post meridiem, respectively, and both come from Latin. Ante and post mean "before" and "after," respectively, and meridiem means "peak" or "meridian." …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "meridiem" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…英・米語では午前,午後の表示にa.m.,p.m.をよく用いる。これらはそれぞれante meridiem,post meridiemの略で,いずれもラテン語に由来する。ante,postはそれぞれ〈前〉〈後〉を,meridiemは〈絶頂〉,または〈子午線〉を意味する。…

※「meridiem」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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