I’m just curious if the word «holiday» is derived from «holy day».
asked Feb 20, 2011 at 10:11
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Yes, from the Old English. The New Oxford American Dictionary says “ORIGIN: Old English hāligdæg [holy day.]”
answered Feb 20, 2011 at 10:13
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That’s right. According to Etymonline:
O.E. haligdæg, from halig
«holy» + dæg «day;» in 14c.
meaning both «religious festival»
and «day of recreation«, but
pronunciation and sense diverged 16c.
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answered Feb 20, 2011 at 10:45
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. This eventually
replaced the earlier form haliday,
leaving two forms holiday and holy
day.
answered Feb 20, 2011 at 20:52
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Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word ‘holiday’ first surfaced in the 1500’s replacing the earlier word ‘haliday’ which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book Ancrene Riwle. Earlier , about 950, the word was ‘haligdaeg’ and appeared in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels. It was a compound of halig (holy) plus daeg (day)
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answered Dec 3, 2011 at 3:36
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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 — below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word holiday.
Is holiday a scrabble word or can you use holiday in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 385985 games and in Words With Friends it’s 1 out of every 230505 games. This 7 letter 14 point scrabble word can be rearranged 5,040 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, d, h, i, l, o, and y? There’s 2 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, d, h, i, l, o, and y. Here is a list of 2 to try to get you more points.
7 VOCABULARY Form holiday-related compound nouns by matching the
words below with words 1–8. All of the compounds are in the texts.
burn, cream, friend, glasses, guide, pack, programme, site.
1 travel_
5 camp_
7. sun_
2 travel_
4 back_
6 sun_
3 pen_
8 sun_
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a did not enjoy their trip together.
b had a terrible holiday, but got over it quickly.
c went camping near the River Thames.
d went canoeing with his parents.
2 On Sam’s first holiday without his parents, he
a walked all the way to the Lake District.
b had to hitch-hike across some mountains.
c kept warm, but couldn’t keep dry.
d ate less food than he wanted to eat.
3 Harriet
a went on holiday with six friends.
b has been on one holiday without her mum and dad.
c arranged accommodation before the holiday.
d had a miserable time from the start of the holiday.
4 The holiday taught Harriet
a that it’s best to take a map with you when you go backpacking.
b never to go backpacking in Britain.
c why backpacking in Britain in March isn’t popular.
d to check the weather forecast before a holiday.