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French Days Of The Week
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have gotten mildly bugged re the French word for sunday is 'back to front' compared to the rest of Frenchspellings for week days,can someone explain why this is so for this dim whit'
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No idea but I don't think there is any h in dimwit
16:11 Tue 26th Jun 2018
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I believe that the word dimanche for Sunday is derived from the old French demenche which in turn has it roots in the latin Dominica. Unlike other days of the week e.g. Mon-day, (French = Lun-di) which is ascribed to the "moon" - languages (incl Italian = Domenica) followed the convention that this was the most important day of the week - acknowledged to be "The Day of the Lord."