Where does “zénith” come from?
zénith (French) comes from Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت, from Aramaic סֵימִטָא, from Latin sēmita, from Proto-Italic sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European swé(d).
zénith (French): zenith
Ancestry of “zénith”, step by step
Words derived from “zénith”