Etymograph

English

Good Friday

Good Friday comes from English good ‘holy’.

  1. English1500–presentgood‘holy’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1807Good Friday

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. English1500–presentgood‘holy’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1807Good Friday

Earliest quotation: 1807, Germaine de Staël Holstein, [Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ter] IV.: “But Good Friday soon restored to lord Nelville all…”

Made of the words Good + Friday

Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, be associated, suit’

Proto-Germanic *gōdaz ‘good’

Proto-West Germanic *gōd ‘good’

Old English gōd ‘good’

Middle English good

English Good

Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag

Old English frīġedæġ

Middle English Friday

English Friday

The story

Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects), Good Wednesday, and the Good Book to refer to the Bible. Earlier called Old English Langa-Friġedæġ (‘Long Friday’).

Every English word from English good

Today it means

noun The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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