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Where does “sâmbătă” come from?

sâmbătă (Romanian) comes 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, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת.

sâmbătă (Romanian): Saturday

Definitions

  1. Saturday

Ancestry of “sâmbătă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsambata—
2Vulgar LatinsambatumSaturday, the Sabbath
3Vulgar Latinsambati dies—
4LatinSabbatī diēs—
5LatinSabbatum—
6Ancient GreekσάββατονSabbath
7Aramaicשַׁבְּתָאsabbath
8HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
9Akkadianšapattum—
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