English
Laetare Sunday
Laetare Sunday may come from Latin Laetare ‘Rejoice!’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELaetare‘Rejoice!’uncertain
- EnglishtodayLaetare Sunday
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELaetare‘Rejoice!’uncertain
- EnglishtodayLaetare Sunday
Made of the words Laetare + Sunday
Proto-Germanic *dagaz ‘day’
Proto-West Germanic *dag ‘day’
Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag
Old English sunnandæġ
Middle English Sonday
English Sunday
Every English word from Latin Laetare
Today it means
noun Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday of Lent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Laetare / Laetare Sunday