diemenche

Old French

Alternative forms

diemanche
dïemeine

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *diominicu < *didominicu, from diēs dominicum, from Latin diēs Dominica (“day of the Lord”).

Noun

diemenche m (oblique plural diemenches, nominative singular diemenches, nominative plural diemenche)

Sunday

Related terms

demaine

Descendants

French: dimanche
Norman: Dînmanche (Jersey)
Walloon: dimegne

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (diemenche, supplement)

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