Where does “Trinity Monday” come from?
Trinity Monday (English) comes from English Trinity, from Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite, from Latin trīnitās, from German Dreieinigkeit, from German Einigkeit, from German -keit, from German -heit.
Trinity Monday (English): The Monday which directly follows Trinity Sunday, and starts Trinitytide (the liturgical tide that lasts till Advent)
Definitions
- The Monday which directly follows Trinity Sunday, and starts Trinitytide (the liturgical tide that lasts till Advent)
Ancestry of “Trinity Monday”, step by step
Trinity Monday traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Trinity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Trinity | In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| 2 | Middle English | trinite | A triad; a trinity |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | trinite | — |
| 4 | Latin | trīnitās | threeness; the state of being three |
| 5 | German | Dreieinigkeit | Trinity |
| 6 | German | Einigkeit | unity; consensus, agreement |
| 7 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 8 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 9 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 10 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
via English monday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monday | The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday |
| 2 | Middle English | Monday | Monday second day of the week |
| 3 | Old English | mōnandæġ | day of the moon |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *mānini dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dies Lūnae | Monday |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σελήνη | moon; month; a moon-shaped cake |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σέλας | light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire |