workaday
Meaning
Synonyms
Demotic
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/
Etymology
In summary
Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.
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