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- history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf Du van daag "from-day," Dan , Swed i dag "in day") Ger heute is from O H G hiutu, from P Gmc hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronomial stem ki-, represented by L cis "on this side " The same applies to tomorrow and tonight, at least according to this
- Why is it the day is young, not still early? What is the history of . . .
But the day is young ” I am interested in the phrase, “the day is young,” which I understand means it’s still early to tell what will happen next, or the end result Google Ngram shows this phrase emerged in 1840, and its usage has sharply declined after peaking during 1910–1940 What is the history of “the day is young”?
- Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix?
Note that to this day French histoire means both story and history – as does the corresponding term in German, Geschichte I imagine this is true in many other European languages I imagine this is true in many other European languages
- etymology - Is holiday derived from holy day? - English Language . . .
The answers are above, but Barnhart's Dictionary of Etymology offers a bit more: Old English had a concurrent open compound halig daeg, found later in Middle English holy day, which became modern English holiday, meaning both a religious festival and a day of recreation
- 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour. . . But how to say zero-th hour?
E g in School we have 5-7 or 8 hours every day (Math, History, Biology, Chemistry, English etc ) The first hour starts at 8:00 A M But every Thursday we have an hour that stars at 7:10 A M In the table it will look like this (just random picture from the web): In Czech language we call it: nultá hodina which is something like zero-ish hour
- What is the origin of the phrase Top of the morning to you?
This term should be considered apocryphal of Irish speech and is a stereotype While popularly used in the United States when imitating Irish people, or when celebrating one's Irish heritage (e g on St Patrick's day), latter-day native Hiberno-English speakers would be unlikely to ever use this phrase See Hollywood Irish Related terms
- history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . .
I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc , and which p
- history - What is the origin of the phrase, Put two and two together . . .
the other day and, shortly after saying, wondered about its origin My understanding is that it means to "connect the dots" or to figure the answer to a question, but I'm uncertain why "put two and two together" became a synonym
- What is the origin of the phrase gathering wool?
It is a very old saying, that dates back at least to the 16th century: Woolgathering: 1550s, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the literal meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc " (see wool + gather)
- What does the phrase “it’s like Groundhog Day every day” mean, and . . .
To provide a smidge more detail, the movie Groundhog Day is about a man reliving the same day over and over and over Every time he wakes up it's Groundhog Day again, and people always say the same things and do the same things over and over, and he's the only one who is aware of the infinite repetition and who is capable of doing things
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