Etymology

holidayer

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Today it means: Someone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home). Full definition →

English holiday ← Middle English halyday ← Old English hāliġdæġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos
  2. Proto-Germanic*hailaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*hailagaz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  5. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*hailagadagaz
  7. Old Englishhāliġdæġ
  8. Middle Englishhalyday
  9. Englishholiday
  10. English todayholidayer

From holiday + -er.

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