Where does “azimuth” come from?

Azimuth comes from Old French azimut, from Arabic سمت, from Arabic سَمَّ, from Latin semita meaning path or way, from Proto-Italic sēmitā.

azimuth (English): An arc of the horizon intercepted between the...

Definitions

  1. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the...

Ancestry of “azimuth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchazimut—
2Arabicسمتroad, way; mode or manner of conduct, modus...
3Aramaicסֵימִטָא—
4Latinsēmitanarrow way, footpath, path, pathway
5Proto-Italicsēmitā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswé(d)—

Words derived from “azimuth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé(d) →Every word from Proto-Italic sēmitā →Every word from Latin sēmita →