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Where does “Jimeno” come from?

Jimeno (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish Ximen, from Basque Semen, from Basque seme, from Proto-Basque senbe, from Persian شنبه, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, from Akkadian šapattum.

Ancestry of “Jimeno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SpanishXimen—
2BasqueSemen—
3Basquesemeson
4Proto-Basquesenbeboy
5PersianشنبهSaturday
6HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
7Akkadianšapattum—
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