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Where does “lendi” come from?

lendi (Haitian Creole) comes from French lundi, from Old French lundi, from Latin Lūnae dīēs, from Latin dies Lūnae, from Ancient Greek σελήνη, from Ancient Greek Σέλας.

lendi (Haitian Creole): Monday

Definitions

  1. Monday

Ancestry of “lendi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchlundiMonday
2Old FrenchlundiMonday
3LatinLūnae dīēs—
4Latindies Lūnae—
5Ancient Greekσελήνηmoon; month; a moon-shaped cake
6Ancient GreekΣέλας—
Every word from Ancient Greek Σέλας →