History of have a good one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Slightly cooler than urging someone to 'have a good day' US, 1984 The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (1997) says: have a nice day Also, have a good day; have a good one A cordial goodbye For example, Thanks for the order, have a nice day, or See you next week — have a good day, or The car's ready for you — have a good one
history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . . Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf Du van daag "from-day," Dan , Swed i dag "in day") Ger heute is from O H G hiutu, from P Gmc hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronomial stem ki-, represented by L cis "on this side " The same applies to tomorrow and tonight, at least according to this
Why is it the day is young, not still early? What is the history of . . . But the day is young ” I am interested in the phrase, “the day is young,” which I understand means it’s still early to tell what will happen next, or the end result Google Ngram shows this phrase emerged in 1840, and its usage has sharply declined after peaking during 1910–1940 What is the history of “the day is young”?
Etymology of history and why the hi- prefix? Note that to this day French histoire means both story and history – as does the corresponding term in German, Geschichte I imagine this is true in many other European languages I imagine this is true in many other European languages
etymology - Is holiday derived from holy day? - English Language . . . The answers are above, but Barnhart's Dictionary of Etymology offers a bit more: Old English had a concurrent open compound halig daeg, found later in Middle English holy day, which became modern English holiday, meaning both a religious festival and a day of recreation
Is there a word for the day after overmorrow and the day before . . . 2b the third morrow: the next day but one the next morrow: the day after Frequently used adverbially Now rare (arch and literary) c1325 in G L Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 57 Hire blisse sprong þe þridde morewe a1393 Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf ) ii
1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour. . . But how to say zero-th hour? E g in School we have 5-7 or 8 hours every day (Math, History, Biology, Chemistry, English etc ) The first hour starts at 8:00 A M But every Thursday we have an hour that stars at 7:10 A M In the table it will look like this (just random picture from the web): In Czech language we call it: nultá hodina which is something like zero-ish hour
What is the origin of the phrase gathering wool? It is a very old saying, that dates back at least to the 16th century: Woolgathering: 1550s, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the literal meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc " (see wool + gather)
Etymology of the phrase peachy keen ‘A keen day ’ ‘A keen time Both are first cited within fifteen years of each other Peachy keen simply emphasises the excellence, although that came rather later peachy-keen adj N Amer slang excellent, wonderful 1951 Independent Jrnl (San Rafael, Calif ) 27 Oct 5 8 The recently-installed time clock was well-received