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Samedi (French)

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Saturday. A contraction of Saturni-dies. In French, m and n are interchangeable, whence Saturne is changed to Saturme, and contracted into Saʹme. M. Masson, in his French etymologies, says it is Sabbati dies, but this cannot be correct. Mardi is Martis-dies, Vendredi is Veneris dies, Jeudi is Jovis-dies, etc. (The day of Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jove, etc.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Salve
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Samanides
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Samedi (French)
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Samian Letter (The)
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