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Where does “zenita” come from?

zenita (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto zenito, from French zénith, from Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت, from Aramaic סֵימִטָא, from Latin sēmita.

zenita (Esperanto): relating to the zenith

Definitions

  1. relating to the zenith

Ancestry of “zenita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantozenitozenith
2Frenchzénithzenith
3Middle Frenchzenith—
4Old Frenchcenitzenith
5Medieval Latincenitzenith
6Arabicسَمْتdirection, path
7Aramaicסֵימִטָא—
8Latinsēmita—
9Proto-Italicsēmitā—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswé(d)—
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