Where does “зенитка” come from?
зенитка (Russian) comes from Russian зенитный, from Russian зени́т, from French zénith, from Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت, from Aramaic סֵימִטָא.
зенитка (Russian): anti-aircraft gun
Definitions
- anti-aircraft gun
Ancestry of “зенитка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | зенитный | zenith; zenithal; antiaircraft / anti-aircraft |
| 2 | Russian | зени́т | zenith |
| 3 | French | zénith | zenith |
| 4 | Middle French | zenith | — |
| 5 | Old French | cenit | zenith |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cenit | zenith |
| 7 | Arabic | سَمْت | direction, path |
| 8 | Aramaic | סֵימִטָא | — |
| 9 | Latin | sēmita | narrow way, footpath, path, pathway |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sēmitā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swé(d) | — |