Etymology

days

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Today it means: A particular time or period of vague extent. Full definition →

Middle English dayes ← Old English dagas ← Proto-Germanic *dagōs
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days · noun, noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dagōs
  2. Old English · inherited fromdagas
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdayes
  4. English todaydays

From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending).

days · adverb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dagas
  2. Old English · inherited fromdæġes“by day”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdaies
  4. English todaydays

From Middle English daies, from Old English dæġes (“by day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagas, *dagis, genitive of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (adverbial ending).

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