English
endimanched
Endimanched comes from French endimancher ‘to dress up in one's Sunday best’, and goes back to Late Latin diēs Dominicus.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdiēs Dominicus‘Sunday’literally ‘day of the Lord’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400diemenche‘Sunday’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdimanche‘Sunday’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentendimancher‘to dress up in one's Sunday best’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845endimanched
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdiēs Dominicus‘Sunday’literally ‘day of the Lord’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400diemenche‘Sunday’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdimanche‘Sunday’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentendimancher‘to dress up in one's Sunday best’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845endimanched
Earliest quotation: 1845, Angus B. Beach, Oracles: “You may meet with them by dozens near the…”
Formed from -ed
Every English word from Late Latin diēs Dominicus
Today it means
adj Dressed up in one's Sunday best.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin diēs Dominicus / endimanched