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Where does “Semite” come from?

Semite comes from French sémite, from Latin Sem, from Ancient Greek Σημ, from Hebrew שֵׁם meaning "name," from Proto-Semitic šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic sim-.

Semite (English): A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic...

Definitions

  1. A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic...

Ancestry of “Semite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermansemitischSemitic
2Ancient GreekΣήμ—
3HebrewשֵׁםShem; name; name of
4Hebrewשמואל—
5Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—

Words derived from “Semite”

  • Semitic
  • Semitism
  • philosemitic
  • allosemitism
  • Semitist
  • Semiticism
  • Semitization
  • Semitology
  • Semitize
  • Indo-Semitic
  • Semitological
  • anti-Semiticism
  • anti-Semitic
  • Hamito-Semitic
  • prosemite
  • Proto-Semitic
  • anti-Semitically
  • Shemitism
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