diemenche

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin diēs Dominicus (literally “day of the Lord”) via an evolution like *didominicu > *diominicu.

Noun

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

  1. Sunday

Descendants
  • French: dimanche
  • Franc-Comtois: diémoine
  • Norman: Dînmanche (Jersey)
  • Walloon: dimegne

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (diemenche, supplement)
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