Sunday的词源

英文词源

Sunday: Sunday: [OE] Sunday is part of the general system of naming days of the week after heavenly bodies inherited by the Germanic peoples from the ancient Mediterranean world. The Romans called the day diēs sōlis ‘day of the sun’, which in translation has become German sonntag, Dutch zondag, Swedish söndag, Danish söndag, and English sunday. Welsh retains the term (dydd sul), but the Romance languages have gone over to variations on ‘Lord’s day’ (French dimanche, Spanish domingo, etc).
Sunday (n.): first day of the week, Old English sunnandæg (Northumbrian sunnadæg), literally "day of the sun," from sunnan, oblique case of sunne "sun" (see sun (n.)) + dæg "day" (see day). A Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies solis "day of the sun," which is itself a loan-translation of Greek hemera heliou. Compare Old Saxon sunnun dag, Old Frisian sunnandei, Old Norse sunnundagr, Dutch zondag, German Sonntag "Sunday."

In European Christian cultures outside Germanic often with a name meaning "the Lord's Day" (Latin Dominica). Sunday-school dates from 1783 (originally for secular instruction); Sunday clothes is from 1640s. Sunday driver is from 1925.

古代希腊人崇拜太阳，将一星期的第一天献给太阳，称为hemera heliou（太阳之日）。古罗马人继承了古希腊人的这种传统，将星期日称为dies solis。古代英国人依葫芦画瓢，将星期日称为Sunnandæg，到了现代英语中演变成了Sunday。

Sunday：['sʌndeɪ] n.星期日，星期天，礼拜日，礼拜天

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：Sunday 词源，Sunday 含义。