Where does “Fraturday” come from?
Fraturday (English) comes from English saturday, from Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæternesdæg, from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag, from Latin dies Saturni, from Sanskrit शनिवार, from Sanskrit वार, from Sanskrit वर — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Fraturday (English): A period of time that runs from Friday into Saturday, for example because of an intense work schedule
Definitions
- A period of time that runs from Friday into Saturday, for example because of an intense work schedule
Ancestry of “Fraturday”, step by step
Fraturday traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English saturday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | saturday | The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday |
| 2 | Middle English | Saterday | Saturday |
| 3 | Old English | sæternesdæg | Saturday; the seventh day of the week |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *Sāturnas dag | Saturday |
| 5 | Latin | dies Saturni | day of Saturn |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शनिवार | of the planet Saturn |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via English Friday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Friday | The sixth day of the week in many religious... |
| 2 | Middle English | Friday | Friday sixth day of the week |
| 3 | Old English | frīġedæġ | Friday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Frījā dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīēs Veneris | Friday |
| 6 | Latin | Veneris | — |