Where does “ساعتئذ” come from?

ساعتئذ (Arabic) comes from Arabic ساعة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

ساعتئذ (Arabic): at that hour

Definitions

  1. at that hour

Ancestry of “ساعتئذ”, step by step

ساعتئذ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ساعة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicساعةhour; short time, a while; timepiece, clock,...
2Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—

via Arabic إِذٍ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِذٍ—
Every word from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא →Every word from Arabic ساعة →