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Where does “lunes” come from?

lunes (Tagalog) comes from Spanish lunes, from Old Spanish lunes, from Latin Lūnae dīēs, from Latin dies Lūnae, from Ancient Greek σελήνη, from Ancient Greek Σέλας.

lunes (Tagalog): Monday

Definitions

  1. Monday

Ancestry of “lunes”, step by step

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