Where does “Sâmbăteni” come from?
Sâmbăteni (Romanian) comes from Romanian sâmbătă, from Vulgar Latin sambata, 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 “Sâmbăteni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sâmbătă | Saturday |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sambata | — |
| 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 |