Noun
She visited me last Sunday.
My birthday falls on a Sunday this year.
Next week I'll arrive on Monday and leave on Sunday.
I will leave on Sunday morning. Adjective
a charity auction of works by some of the town's more socially prominent Sunday painters
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Sanchez, who has strongly opposed immigration enforcement, taunted ICE agents on Sunday after a farmworker died from injuries sustained from a fall during an immigration enforcement raid on a California cannabis farm.—Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025 Shots were fired in the area of Cataldi Park on Sunday afternoon.—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 14 July 2025 But on Sunday, a couple of rarities cost the Padres a chance at their first four-game winning streak since the beginning of May.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025 During Sunday night’s episode, Madix revealed the results of America’s vote.—Giana Levy, Variety, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for Sunday
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English sunnandæg (akin to Old High German sunnūntag), from sunne sun + dæg day
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Old English sunnandæg "Sunday," from sunne "sun" + dæg "day"
Word Origin
It was believed in ancient times that there were seven "planets," including the sun and the moon. The days of the week were named in Latin for these "planets." One of the days was named dies solis, meaning "day of the sun." The Latin name was later translated into other languages. Dies solis became sunnandæg in Old English. The modern English Sunday comes from the Old English sunnandæg.
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