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Days of The Week - Etymology Explanations: Saxon

This document lists the names of the days of the week in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and their Saxon/Norse/Roman origins. Sunday comes from Solis (Sun), Monday from Lunae (Moon), Tuesday from Martis (Mars), Wednesday from Mercurii (Mercury), Thursday from Jovis (Jupiter), Friday from Veneris (Venus), and Saturday from Saturni (Saturn).

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Days of The Week - Etymology Explanations: Saxon

This document lists the names of the days of the week in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and their Saxon/Norse/Roman origins. Sunday comes from Solis (Sun), Monday from Lunae (Moon), Tuesday from Martis (Mars), Wednesday from Mercurii (Mercury), Thursday from Jovis (Jupiter), Friday from Veneris (Venus), and Saturday from Saturni (Saturn).

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Days of the week etymology explanations

English

Latin

French

Italian

Spanish

Saxon

SUNDAY

Solis
(Sun)

dimanche

domenica

domingo

Sun

MONDAY

Lunae
(Moon)

lundi

lunedi

lunes

Moon

TUESDAY

Martis
(Mars)

Mercurii
WEDNESDAY (Mercury)

mardi

mercredi

marted

martes

mercoled

Woden
(the Anglo-0Saon
equivalent of the Norse
Odin or the Roman
mircoles Mercury)

Jovis

THURSDAY

(Jupiter)

FRIDAY

Veneris
(Venus)

SATURDAY

Saturni
(Saturn)

jeudi

vendredi

samedi

Tiw
(the Anglo-Saxon god of
war, the equivalent of the
Norse Tyr or the Roman
Mars)

giovedi

venerdi

sabato

jueves

Thor
(the Norse god of thunder,
the equivalent of the
Roman Jupiter)

viernes

Frigg
(the Norse god of love and
fertility, the equivalent of
the Roman Venus)

sbado

Saterne
(Saturn, the Roman god of
agriculture)

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