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Miercoles – Wednesday

Posted by Morgan on Jul 20, 2016 in Spanish, True Spanish Etymology Stories

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Miercoles (Spanish for Wednesday) has a fun parallel between both languages.

Miercoles is named after Mercury — the Roman god of speed. Wednesday is named after Woden — the Germanic god of speed!

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