The story
- Latin · derived frommandātum
- Old French · derived frommandé
- Middle English · inherited fromMaunde Þursday“Holy Thursday”
- English todayMaundy Thursday
From Middle English Maunde Þursday (“Holy Thursday”), equivalent to maundy + Thursday. Middle English maundy derives from Old French mandé, from Latin mandātum, in reference to the phrase mandātum novum dō vōbīs (“a new commandment I give unto you”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchmandé all →
maund
Latinmandātum all →
mandatemaundy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.