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> At least in japanese, the other days of the week are also associated with celestial bodies The naming scheme also holds for French, except for Saturday (same
by jlg23 5y ago
> At least in japanese, the other days of the week are also associated with celestial bodies
The naming scheme also holds for French, except for Saturday (samedi [0]) and Sunday(dimanche [1]), which originates from "Day of Shabbat" and "Day of the Lord". But according to wikipedia [0], samedi replaced the "Day of Saturn".
[0] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samedi https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samedi
[1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimanche https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimanche
- armandososa 5y agoAnd dimanche sounds like "domingo" in spanish.
- fbellag 5y agoDomingo comes from Dominicus, or "belonging to the Lord" as in French, or the Italian "Domenica". All share the same etymology "Sábado" is Spanish for Shabat as is Sabato in Italian (I'm sure other romance languages are similar, even Portuguese, that has Sábado and Domingo, but the rest of the days are numbered from 2nd to 6th, oddly enough) All of them coming directly from Latin
- stevula 5y ago“Saturday” is from “Saturn”.