Where does “Saturdayish” come from?
Saturdayish (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.
Saturdayish (English): On or around Saturday
Definitions
- On or around Saturday
Ancestry of “Saturdayish”, step by step
Saturdayish 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 ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |