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Where does “shabbat” come from?

shabbat (English) comes from English Shabbat, from Ladino shabat, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, from Akkadian šapattum.

shabbat (English): Alternative letter-case form of Shabbat

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Shabbat

Ancestry of “shabbat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishShabbat—
2Ladinoshabat—
3HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
4Akkadianšapattum—
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