Where does “sabatu” come from?

sabatu (Corsican) comes from Latin Sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον, from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, from Akkadian šapattum — 15.

sabatu (Corsican): Saturday

Definitions

  1. Saturday

Ancestry of “sabatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSabbatumSabbath (the Jewish day of rest, i.e., the biblical seventh day of the week)
2Ancient GreekσάββατονSabbath
3Aramaicשַׁבְּתָאsabbath
4HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
5Akkadianšapattum15
Every word from Akkadian šapattum
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