Where does “зенитчик” come from?
зенитчик (Russian) comes from Russian зенитка, from Russian зенитный, from Russian зени́т, from French zénith, from Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت.
зенитчик (Russian): operator, or a crew member of a surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile system
Definitions
- operator, or a crew member of a surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile system
Ancestry of “зенитчик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | зенитка | anti-aircraft gun |
| 2 | Russian | зенитный | zenith; zenithal; antiaircraft / anti-aircraft |
| 3 | Russian | зени́т | zenith |
| 4 | French | zénith | zenith |
| 5 | Middle French | zenith | — |
| 6 | Old French | cenit | zenith |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | cenit | zenith |
| 8 | Arabic | سَمْت | direction, path |
| 9 | Aramaic | סֵימִטָא | — |
| 10 | Latin | sēmita | narrow way, footpath, path, pathway |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | sēmitā | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | swé(d) | — |