The origin of the word 'holiday' ;)

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Holiday
Holiday is a contraction of holy and day, holidays originally
represented special religious days. This word has evolved in general
usage to mean any extra special day of rest (as opposed to regular
days of rest such as the weekend). Countrywide, Holidays stands for
when everybody plans for holidays or a break. Under many belief
systems, days of rest are necessary for ritual or spiritual
rejuvenation.

Holy days originated in the Bible as 7 annual Holy Days the Jews, or
children of Israel, were commanded to keep as instructed by Moses (who
received it from the Lord or Yahweh (the Eternal One)). Outlined in
Leviticus 23 are the 7 annual Holy Days that were to be kept. The word
holi-day has replaced "Holy-Day" in today's English.


* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday



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Holiday TidBits
Did you know the word "Holiday" is a contraction of holy and day? They
originally represented special religious days, but have evolved
generally to mean any special day of rest.
The Wiki entry for holiday suggests: Many Canadians will use the terms
vacation and holiday interchangeably when referring to a trip away
from home or time off work. In Australia the term can refer to a
vacation or gazetted public holiday, but not to a day of commemoration
such as Mothers' Day or Halloween.

* http://www.holidayorigins.com/



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Expert: Carol Pozefsky - 12/12/2005

Question
Hi there! Would you please let me know the origins of the word
'holiday'.
Thank you!

Answer
Hello and welcome to the new week,
Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The
word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word
'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book
Ancrene Riwle. Earlier , about 950, the word was 'haligdaeg' and
appeared in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels. It was a compound of
halig (holy) plus daeg (day)
The best to you always, Carol P.

* http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meaning-Words-1474/Word-meaning-2.htm



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holiday
O.E. haligdæg, from halig "holy" + dæg "day;" in 14c. meaning both
"religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and
sense diverged 16c.

* http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=holiday&searchmode=phrase



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the English word holiday
derived from the English word day
derived from the English word dag
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheigh-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *dagaz
derived from the English word holy
derived from the English word holi
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kailo-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khailagas

* http://www.myetymology.com/english/holiday.html

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On 14 Nisan, 21:50, ipek seyalioglu <iseyalio...@gmail.com> wrote:
> nasıl yani? Bu mail zamanında verilmeyen araların bir intikamı mı yani :)))
>

> 2009/4/14 Gülin Balcı <september_j...@hotmail.com>

>
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> > ////1////
>
> > Holiday
> > Holiday is a contraction of holy and day, holidays originally
> > represented special religious days. This word has evolved in general
> > usage to mean any extra special day of rest (as opposed to regular
> > days of rest such as the weekend). Countrywide, Holidays stands for
> > when everybody plans for holidays or a break. Under many belief
> > systems, days of rest are necessary for ritual or spiritual
> > rejuvenation.
>
> > Holy days originated in the Bible as 7 annual Holy Days the Jews, or
> > children of Israel, were commanded to keep as instructed by Moses (who
> > received it from the Lord or Yahweh (the Eternal One)). Outlined in
> > Leviticus 23 are the 7 annual Holy Days that were to be kept. The word
> > holi-day has replaced "Holy-Day" in today's English.
>

> > *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday

>
> > ////2////
>
> > Holiday TidBits
> > Did you know the word "Holiday" is a contraction of holy and day? They
> > originally represented special religious days, but have evolved
> > generally to mean any special day of rest.
> > The Wiki entry for holiday suggests: Many Canadians will use the terms
> > vacation and holiday interchangeably when referring to a trip away
> > from home or time off work. In Australia the term can refer to a
> > vacation or gazetted public holiday, but not to a day of commemoration
> > such as Mothers' Day or Halloween.
>

> > *http://www.holidayorigins.com/

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> > Expert: Carol Pozefsky - 12/12/2005
>
> > Question
> > Hi there!  Would you please let me know the origins of the word
> > 'holiday'.
> > Thank you!
>
> > Answer
> > Hello and welcome to the new week,
> >    Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day.  The
> > word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word
> > 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book
> > Ancrene Riwle.  Earlier , about 950, the word was 'haligdaeg' and
> > appeared in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels.  It was a compound of
> > halig (holy) plus daeg (day)
> >    The best to you always,  Carol P.
>
> > *

> >http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meaning-Words-1474/Word-meaning-...

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> > holiday
> > O.E. haligdæg, from halig "holy" + dæg "day;" in 14c. meaning both
> > "religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and
> > sense diverged 16c.
>

> > *http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=holiday&searchmode=phrase

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> > the English word holiday
> > derived from the English word day
> > derived from the English word dag
> > derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheigh-
> > derived from the Proto-Germanic root *dagaz
> > derived from the English word holy
> > derived from the English word holi
> > derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kailo-
> > derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khailagas
>

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