September 01, 2005, 20:24
shufitz'heyday'
heyday (one’s heyday) - the period of one’s greatest success, activity, or vigor
Why do we call it 'heyday'? The 'day' part is easy to understand, but what is 'hey'?
September 01, 2005, 21:27
<Asa Lovejoy>Ask Willie Mays!
September 02, 2005, 03:06
arnie says:
quote:
c.1590, alteration of heyda (1526), exclamation of playfulness or surprise, something like Mod.Eng. hurrah, apparently an extended form of M.E. interjection hey, hei. Modern sense of "stage of greatest vigor" first recorded 1751, which altered the spelling on model of day, with which this word apparently has no etymological connection.