Where does “Sabbat” come from?

Sabbat (German) comes from Latin Sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον, from Aramaic שַׁבְּתָא, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, from Akkadian šapattum — 15.

Sabbat (German): the Sabbath; Sunday

Definitions

  1. the Sabbath; Sunday

Ancestry of “Sabbat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSabbatumSabbath (the Jewish day of rest, i.e., the biblical seventh day of the week)
2Ancient GreekσάββατονSabbath
3Aramaicשַׁבְּתָאsabbath
4HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
5Akkadianšapattum15

Words derived from “Sabbat”

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