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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2017 · 20 MIN

Episode 34: Saturday/Sunday

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

At last, the finale in the Words for Granted series on days of the week! 'Saturday' comes from a root that literally means 'day of Saturn.' Unlike the rest of the English names for the days of the week, it's a direct etymological descendent of the original Latin word for Saturday. And Sunday—you guessed it—literally means 'day of the sun.' We also compare and contrast these English names with their Romance language equivalents.

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