Where does “ሰዓት” come from?

ሰዓት (Tigrinya) comes from Ge'ez ሰዓት, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

ሰዓት (Tigrinya): hour

Definitions

  1. hour

Ancestry of “ሰዓት”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ge'ezሰዓት—
2Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—
Every word from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא →Every word from Ge'ez ሰዓት →