Saturday

• 土曜日

古英語のsaeternesdaeg、すなわち土星人の日から略された。 スペル比較火曜日、木曜日。

Saturday

Saturday: [OE] Saturday is etymologically ‘Saturn’s day’. Old English S?terd?g was short for S?ternes d?g, a translation of Latin Sāturnī diēs ‘Saturn’s day’. Saturn [OE] itself, as the name of both the god and the planet, comes from Latin Sāturnus, which may have been of Etruscan origin. In ancient Rome, the festival held in honour of Saturn, which took place in December, was the occasion for fairly uninhibited revelry.

It was called the Sāturnālia, which English acquired as saturnalia [16]. Those born under Saturn, by contrast, were considered by ancient and medieval astrologers to be of gloomy temperament – hence the adjective saturnine [15].
=> saturn, saturnalia, saturnine

Saturday (n.)

seventh day of the week, Old English s?terd?g, s?ternesd?g, literally "day of the planet Saturn," from S?ternes (genitive of S?tern; see Saturn) + Old English d?g (see day). Partial loan-translation of Latin Saturni dies "Saturn's day" (compare Dutch Zaterdag, Old Frisian Saterdi, Middle Low German Satersdach; Irish dia Sathuirn, Welsh dydd Sadwrn). The Latin word itself is a loan-translation of Greek kronou hemera, literally "the day of Cronus."

Unlike other English day names, no god substitution seems to have been attempted, perhaps because the northern European pantheon lacks a clear corresponding figure to Roman Saturn. A homely ancient Nordic custom, however, seems to be preserved in Old Norse laugardagr, Danish l?rdag, Swedish l?rdag "Saturday," literally "bath day" (Old Norse laug "bath").

German Samstag (Old High German sambaztag) appears to be from a Greek *sambaton, a nasalized colloquial form of sabbaton "sabbath," also attested in Old Church Slavonic sabota, Polish sobota, Russian subbota, Hungarian szombat, French samedi.

Saturday night has been used figuratively to suggest "drunkenness and looseness in relations between the young men and young women" since at least mid-19c. Saturday-night special "cheap, low-caliber handgun" is American English, attested from 1976 (earlier Saturday-night pistol, 1929).

1. The club has moved its meeting to Saturday ，January 22 nd.

クラブはすでに会議の日付を1月22日、土曜日に変更した。

2.He easily overcame Garcia， Saturday 's conqueror of Ernie Els.

土曜日にアーニー?エルスを破ったガルシアに楽勝した。

3.I 've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday .

私は母に来週の土曜日に私たちのために一時的に子供の世話をしてほしいと頼んだ。

4.Camden Market is the place to be on a Saturday or Sunday.

カムデン市場は週末の最高の場所です。

5.Now tell us in your own words about the events of Saturday .

今、土曜日のイベントについて話してください。