Sunday

English

/ˈsʌndeɪ/

noun
Definitions
  • The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the 8601|ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
  • (informal) A newspaper published on Sunday.
  • (informal) A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sunnenday inherited from Old English sunnandæġ (day of the sun) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sunnōniz dagaz (day of the sun) derived from Latin diēs Sōlis (sun's day) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (burn, be illuminated, hot, warm).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰegʷʰ-

Gloss

burn, be illuminated, hot, warm

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

暑, 熱

Emoji
🔥

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