Where does “leg day” come from?
leg day (English) comes from English day, from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
leg day (English): A day dedicated to leg exercises
Definitions
- A day dedicated to leg exercises
Ancestry of “leg day”, step by step
leg day traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English day
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | day | Any period of 24 hours; A period from midnight to... |
| 2 | Middle English | day | day; daylight, sunlight; epoch, age, period |
| 3 | Old English | dæġ | day, daytime |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |