See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change, turn)  , the name given to periods of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, varying in length in different parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world, but shorter than a " See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month." The month may be divided in two ways: a fractional See also:

• PART

part may be taken (decad or pentad), as in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa or See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt (See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon-See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week), or the week may be settled without regard to the length of the month (See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-week, &c.) . The seven-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day week (see See also:

• CALENDAR

CALENDAR) originated in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• ASIA

Asia, spread to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and later to See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Africa (See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan) . In other parts of Africa three, four (especially in the See also:

• CONGO

Congo), five, six and eight (See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double four) day See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks are found, and always in association with the market; the same applies to the three-day week of the Muyscas (S . See also:

• AMERICA

America), the four-day week of the Chibchas, the five-day week of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, Malaysia, See also:

• JAVA

Java, See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes, New See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea and See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico; in ancient Scandinavia a five-day See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period was in use, but markets were probably unknown . That the recurrence of the market determined the length of the week seems clear from the Wajagga See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of naming the days after the markets they visit, as well as from the fact that on the Congo the word for week is the same as the word for market . Among agricultural tribes in Africa one day of the week, which varies from See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place, is often a See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest-day, visiting the market being the only See also:

• WORK

work allowed . Lasch in Zts. See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Socialwissenschaft, ix . 619 seq., and N.W . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas in Journ . See also:

• COMPARATIVE

Comparative Legislation, xix . 90 seq., refer to the week in connexion with the market . (N .

W .