Etymograph

English

Thursday

Thursday comes from Middle English Thursday, and goes back to Old English þursdæġ.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150þursdæġ
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Thursday
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150þursdæġ
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Thursday
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, London: […] Iohn Danter: “Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve…”

Every English word from Old English þursdæġ

Today it means

noun The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

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

Etymograph / Old English þursdæġ / Thursday

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