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It means "midday" or "noon." It's a dissimulation of "medius + dies" where" "Medius" is an adjective put in the locative case meaning "in the middle of", and "dies" is a (feminine) noun meaning "day."
The reason it ends in "-em" instead of "-ies" is not certain but is said to be variants found in various parts where Latin used to be spoken.
Source: Oxford Latin Dictionary - entry "Meridies -ei"
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What does A. M. stand for?
AM Stands for Ante Meridiem and PM stands for Post Meridiem.
What does AM and PM stand for?
AM stands for 'Ante Meridiem' (Latin for 'before midday') and PM stands for 'Post Meridiem' (Latin for 'after midday').
What does pm in 7pm stand for?
AM as in 10AM stands for "ante meridiem" (before midday). PM as in 10PM stands for "post meridiem" (after midday). Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060820143609AAMUvNU (where Wikipedia is listed as the source)
What is the meaning o f the word ante meridiem?
The Latin word ante meridiem refers to "before noon" in English language.
What is the definition of meridiem?
Meridian is an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole that connects all locations running along it with a given longitude That is correct but COMPLETELY unrelated to this question. Meridiem is not the same as meridian. meridiem is latin for "mid-day" as in "post meridiem" or "after mid-day" AM stands for ante meridiem. Ante is latin for "before" or "prior to" (all you poker players out there now know why the forced bet at the beginning of the hand is called the ante :)
What is fullform of am?
ante meridiem post meridiem
Where does am and pm come from?
am stands for Ante Meridiem and pm for post Meridiem. Meridiem is the word used for noon.
Definition of am pm?
Ante Meridiem and Post Meridiem
What is am and pm stands for?
AM = ante meridiem and PM = post meridiem. AM Ante Meridiem Stands for Before Noon in Latin PM Post Meridiem Stands for After Noon in Latin
What is mean by meridiem in time?
Meridiem is Latin for the middle of the day. Ante meridiem (AM) is Latin for before the middle of the day, and post meridiem (PM) is Latin for after the middle of the day.
What is abbreviation of am and pm?
A.M is Ante Meridiem P.M is Post Meridiem
What is the full form am and pm?
AM and PM are abbreviations for ante meridiem and post meridiem mean before noon and after noon post meridiem or post meridian.
What does the a stand for in a.m.?
A.M. = ante meridiem P.M. = post meridiem.
From which language the word ante meridiem and post meridiem come from?
That is latin
FULL FORM am and pm?
AM: Ante Meridiem; PM: Post Meridiem
Is there a word for before noon with meridiem in it?
'Ante meridiem', meaning 'before noon'.
What does A. M. stand for?
AM Stands for Ante Meridiem and PM stands for Post Meridiem.
