English
Oculi Sunday
Oculi Sunday may come from Latin oculi ‘eyes’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculi‘eyes’uncertain
- EnglishtodayOculi Sunday
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculi‘eyes’uncertain
- EnglishtodayOculi Sunday
Made of the words Oculi + 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 oculi
Today it means
name The third Sunday in Lent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin oculi / Oculi Sunday