workaday
adj. US //ˈwɝkəˌdeɪ// UK //wˈɜːkɐdˌeɪ// worka·day
Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.