Where does “samit” come from?

samit (Middle French) comes from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

samit (Middle French): samite

Definitions

  1. samite

Ancestry of “samit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsamitsamite
2Latinsamitum
3Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
4Ancient Greekἕξsix
5Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs
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