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Where does “զենիթ” come from?

զենիթ (Armenian) comes from French zénith, from Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت, from Aramaic סֵימִטָא, from Latin sēmita, from Proto-Italic sēmitā.

զենիթ (Armenian): zenith

Definitions

  1. zenith

Ancestry of “զենիթ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzénithzenith
2Middle Frenchzenith—
3Old Frenchcenitzenith
4Medieval Latincenitzenith
5Arabicسَمْتdirection, path
6Aramaicסֵימִטָא—
7Latinsēmita—
8Proto-Italicsēmitā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswé(d)—
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