Where does “samedi” come from?
samedi (Franco-Provençal) comes from French samedi, from Old French samedi, from Vulgar Latin sambatum, from Vulgar Latin sambati dies, from Latin Sabbatī diēs, from Latin Sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον, from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא — 15.
Ancestry of “samedi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | samedi | Saturday |
| 2 | Old French | samedi | Saturday |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sambatum | Saturday, the Sabbath |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sambati dies | — |
| 5 | Latin | Sabbatī diēs | — |
| 6 | Latin | Sabbatum | Sabbath (the Jewish day of rest, i.e., the biblical seventh day of the week) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σάββατον | Sabbath |
| 8 | Aramaic | שַׁבְּתָא | sabbath |
| 9 | Hebrew | שַׁבָּת | Sabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath |
| 10 | Akkadian | šapattum | 15 |