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Where does “sabath” come from?

sabath (Middle English) comes from Hebrew שְׁבָט, from Akkadian Šabāṭum.

Ancestry of “sabath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשְׁבָט—
2AkkadianŠabāṭum—

Words derived from “sabath”

  • Sabbath
  • sabbath
  • Sabbathless
  • Sabbathly
  • Jabōt
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