Where does “Friday” come from?

Friday comes from Old English frīġedæġ, a compound whose exact meaning is uncertain but likely refers to the day of a Germanic goddess.

Friday (English): The sixth day of the week in many religious...

Definitions

  1. The sixth day of the week in many religious...

Ancestry of “Friday”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishFridayFriday sixth day of the week
2Old EnglishfrīġedæġFriday
3Proto-Germanic*Frījā dag—
4Latindīēs VenerisFriday
5LatinVeneris—

Words derived from “Friday”

Every word from Latin Veneris →Every word from Latin dīēs Veneris →Every word from Proto-Germanic *Frījā dag →