Etymograph

English

White Sunday

White Sunday comes from Ecclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs.

  1. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500Dominica in Albīs
  2. EnglishtodayWhite Sunday

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500Dominica in Albīs
  2. EnglishtodayWhite Sunday

Made of the words White + Sunday

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English White

Proto-Germanic *dagaz ‘day’

Proto-West Germanic *dag ‘day’

Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag

Old English sunnandæġ

Middle English Sonday

English Sunday

Today it means

name Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).

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

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