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Sat⋅ur⋅day
[sat-er-dey, -dee] 
–noun
| the seventh day of the week, following Friday. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME Saturdai; OE Saternesdæg, partial trans. of L Sāturnī diēs Saturn's day; c. D zaterdag, LG saterdag
bef. 900; ME Saturdai; OE Saternesdæg, partial trans. of L Sāturnī diēs Saturn's day; c. D zaterdag, LG saterdag
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| Sat·ur·day (sāt'ər-dē, -dā') n.
[Middle English, from Old English Sæternesdæg, translation of Latin Sāturnī diēs : Sāturnī, genitive of Sāturnus, Saturn + diēs, day.] Sat'ur·days adv. |
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Saturday
Sat"ur*day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. Saterday, AS. S[ae]terd[ae]g, S[ae]ternd[ae]g, S[ae]ternesd[ae]g, literally, Saturn's day, fr. L. Saturnus Saturn + AS. d[ae]g day; cf. L. dies Saturni.] The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
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Language Translation for : Saturday
Spanish:
sábado,
German:
der Samstag, Samstag-…,
Japanese:
土曜日
Saturday
O.E. Sæterdæg, Sæternesdæg, lit. "day of the planet Saturn," from Sæternes (gen. of Sætern, see Saturn) + O.E. dæg "day." Partial loan-translation of L. Saturni dies "Saturn's day" (cf. Du. zaterdag, O.Fris. saterdi, M.L.G. satersdach; Ir. dia Sathuirn, Welsh dydd Sadwrn). The L. word is itself a loan-translation of Gk. kronou hemera, lit. "the day of Cronus." Unlike other day names, no god substitution seems to have been attempted, perhaps because the northern European pantheon lacks a clear corresponding figure to Roman Saturn. An ancient Nordic custom, however, seems to be preserved in O.N. laugardagr, Dan. lørdag, Swed. lördag "Saturday," lit. "bath day" (cf. O.N. laug "bath"). Ger. Samstag (O.H.G. sambaztag) appears to be from a Gk. *sambaton, a nasalized colloquial form of sabbaton "sabbath," also attested in O.C.S. sabota, Rus. subbota, Fr. samedi. Saturday night has been famous for "drunkenness and looseness in relations between the young men and young women" since at least mid-19c. Saturday-night special "cheap, low-caliber handgun" is Amer.Eng., attested from 1976 (earlier Saturday-night pistol, 1929).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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