Tuesday

English

/ˈtjuːzd(e)ɪ/, /ˈt(j)uzdeɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃʉːzdæe/

noun
Definitions
  • The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Tewesday inherited from Old English tīwesdæġ (Tuesday) inherited from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dagaz (Tuesday, day of Tiw, Tiw's Day) root from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dyew-

Gloss

sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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