Where does “splatterday” come from?
splatterday (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.
splatterday (English): horror and slasher films
Definitions
- horror and slasher films
Ancestry of “splatterday”, step by step
splatterday 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 splatter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | splatter | An uneven shape or mess created by something... |