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Why does day come after the days of the week?

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Because they where originally days of gods (and/or planets/sun and moon). For examle the Latin of Monday is dies lunae "day of the moon" in other words, moonday. Or Norse of Thursday is thorsdagr "Thor's day". Get it?

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