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Definition week

Etymology

From Middle English weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wik? (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *w?kan? (“to bend, yield, cease”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic ???? (wik?, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis. Related also to Old English w?can (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.

Noun

week (plural weeks)

1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. 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.
5. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.

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