French word vendredi comes from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, Latin dies, and later Proto-Italic *wenos (Love.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*wun- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
dies | Latin (lat) | (often in the feminine) A set day: a date, an appointment.. A day, particularly:. A solar or sidereal day of about 24 hours, especially (historical) Roman dates reckoned from one midnight to the next.. Daytime: a period of light between sunrise and sunset. |
*wénh₁-os | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*wenos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Love. |
Venus | Latin (lat) | Venus, Roman goddess of natural productivity.. Venus, the second planet in our solar system. |
dies Veneris | Latin (lat) | Friday. |
vendredi | Old French (fro) | |
vendredi | French (fr) | Friday. |