Origin of days and months

Days and Months

Origin of names

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DAYS origin of their names

“Practice kindness seven days a week, Spread kindness every time you speak”

- Charmaine J. Forde

MONDAY

Monday is named after celestrial body- the MOON.The first day of the week - The name of Monday is derived from Old English Mōnandæg and Middle English Monenday, originally a translation of Latin dies lunae "day of the Moon".

TUESDAY

Tuesday is named after Germanic god- Tiw´s day. Tuesday gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon's god of war Tiu, also known as Tyr to the Vikings. The Romans named their third day of the week after their god of war, Mars. That is why languages like Spanish, French and Italian all have similar names for Tuesday: martes, mardi, and martedi.

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WEDNESDAY

The name is derived from old English Wōdnesdæg and middle English Wednesdei, " the day of Woden" the equivalent Norse god ODIN. In other languages, for example, French and Italian the name means " the day of Mercury".

THURSDAY

Thursday= THOR´S DAY. Thursday, "Thor's day," gets its English name after the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder, strength and protection. The Roman god Jupiter, as well as being the king of gods, was the god of the sky and thunder.

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FRIDAY

Friday- FREYA´S DAY. The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the "day of Frige" (Freya) , a result of an old convention associating the Germanic goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures.

SATURDAY

Saturday = Day of SATURN. Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians. In Latin, it was dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn".

SUNDAY

Sunday= SUN´S day. Sunday comes from Old English “Sunnandæg," which is derived from a Germanic interpretation of the Latin dies solis, "sun's day." Germanic and Norse mythology personify the sun as a goddess named Sunna or Sól.

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MONTHSorigin of their names

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

January is named after the Roman god JANUS. He had two faces so he could see the future and the past! He was also the god of doors.

March is named after MARS, the Roman god of war. The Roman calendar originally began in March, and the months of January and February were added later.

February is named after an ancient Roman festival of purification called FEBRUA.

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

April takes its name from the Latin word aperire, meaning ‘to open’ (just like flowers do in spring!). The Romans called the month APRILIS.

May is named after the Greek goddess MAIA.

June is named after the Roman goddess JUNO – the god of marriage and childbirth, and the wife of Jupiter, king of the gods.

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

July was named after Roman statesman JULIUS CEASAR. This month used to be called Quintilis – the Roman word for “fifth” .

August was named after Rome´s first emperor- AUGUSTUS.

September (from Latin SEPTEM, "seven") was originally the seventh of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar.

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

October, 10th month of the Gregorian calendar. Its name is derived from OCTO, Latin for “eight,” an indication of its position in the early Roman calendar.

November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC. November retained its name (from the Latin NOVEM meaning "nine").

December got its name from the Latin word DECEM (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus.

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