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Where does “sunday” come from?

sunday (English) comes from Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæg, from Proto-Germanic *Sunnōn dag, from Latin dies Solis, from Latin sōl, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

Ancestry of “sunday”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishSonday—
2Old EnglishsunnandægSunday
3Proto-Germanic*Sunnōn dag—
4Latindies Solissun's day
5Latinsōl—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun
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