week

Meanings

Noun

• Any period of seven consecutive days.
• A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
• A period of five days beginning with Monday.
• A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.

Adjective

• Seven days after ( before) a specified date.

Related

Similar words

• hebdomad, sennight

Broader meaning words

• time, day, month, year

Origin

• From Middle English weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk-. Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną.
• Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉, Latin vicis. Related also to Old English wīcan, English weak, and wick.