day

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A period of 24 hours.

   There are seven days in a week.

2. 2
   noun

   The time between sunrise and sunset, when it is light.

   Owls sleep during the day and hunt at night.

3. 3
   noun

   A particular period or era in time.

   In my grandparents' day, few people owned a car.

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Simplified etymology

Day is an Old English word from an ancient Germanic root. That root may originally have meant “to burn,” perhaps through an association with the sun’s heat.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (…

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