Midweek

Midweek

Noun / Adjective / Adverb · /ˈmɪd.wiːk/

Definition

(Noun) the middle of the week, typically understood as Wednesday or the period around it (Tuesday to Thursday); (Adjective) occurring in or characteristic of the middle of the week (a midweek fixture, midweek prices); (Adverb) during the middle of the week.

Origin

From mid (middle) + week (a seven-day period, from Old English wicu or wice). The Old English wicu is related to Old High German wohha and Gothic wiko (turn, week), from Proto-Germanic *wikō (a turn, a series). The sense of a seven-day unit is ancient in Germanic languages, though the precise origin of the seven-day week is Babylonian, transmitted through Jewish, Greek, and Roman culture. Wednesday — the middle day of the working week — comes from Old English Wōdnesdæg (Woden's day).