Where does “Saturday” come from?
Saturday comes from Middle English Saterday and Old English sæterdæg, meaning "day of Saturn," from Old English Sætern derived from Latin Saturnus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-.
Saturday (English): The seventh day of the week in many religious...
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- The seventh day of the week in many religious...
Ancestry of “Saturday”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Saterday | Saturday |
| 2 | Old English | sæternesdæg | Saturday; the seventh day of the week |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *Sāturnas dag | Saturday |
| 4 | Latin | dies Saturni | day of Saturn |
| 5 | Sanskrit | शनिवार | of the planet Saturn |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वार | Alternative form of वाल; keeping back,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |