Where does “White Day” come from?
White Day (English) comes from Japanese ホワイトデー, from English White, from English sox, from English socks, from English sock, from French soc, from Vulgar Latin soccus, from Proto-Celtic sukkos — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
White Day (English): 14 March (one month after Valentine's Day), marked in Japan and some other Asian countries by men giving gifts (traditionally white in color) to the women who gave gifts to them on Valentine's Day
Definitions
- 14 March (one month after Valentine's Day), marked in Japan and some other Asian countries by men giving gifts (traditionally white in color) to the women who gave gifts to them on Valentine's Day
Ancestry of “White Day”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ホワイトデー | White Day |
| 2 | English | White | Alternative letter-case form of white; An... |
| 3 | English | sox | plural of sock |
| 4 | English | socks | plural of sock; Third-person singular simple... |
| 5 | English | sock | A knitted or woven covering for the foot; A shoe... |
| 6 | French | soc | plowshare; Boston butt |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |