12-24-2012, 10:47 PM
megumidesu Wrote:technically , the word "holiday" originates from "holy day" , and so does have a religious meaning . obviously when you talk about "going on holiday" it doesn't have the same religious connotations , but there are lots of words that have more than one meaning ~
although you could argue that it stems from the same initial meaning, considering travel was always considered a luxury few could afford, if you weren't travelling for business one of the other most common reason people would travel would have been for a pilgramige