English

days

/ˈdeɪz/
A particular time or period of vague extent.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending).

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English daies, from Old English dæġes (“by day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagas, *dagis, genitive of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (adverbial ending).

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishdayes
      • inheritedOld Englishdagas
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*dagōs
    • surface analysisEnglishday “The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.”
    • suffixEnglish-s “Used to form regular plurals of nouns.”
      • inheritedMiddle English-es “adverbial ending”
        • inheritedOld English-es “-'s”
        • inheritedOld English-as
        • inheritedOld English-es, -as
        • derivedOld English-es “-'s”
      • derivedEnglish-sy “Suffix forming nouns or adjectives, sometimes diminutive and usually informal or jocular.”
        • suffixEnglish-y “Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving…”
      • derivedEnglish-'s “A possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marke…”
        • inheritedMiddle English-s
    • inheritedMiddle Englishdaies
      • inheritedOld Englishdæġes “by day”
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*dagas

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