Etymology of the English word zenith
the English word
zenithderived from the Old French word
cenithderived from the Medieval Latin word
cenithderived from the Old Spanish word
zenitderived from the Arabic word
samt (road)
derived from the Arabic word
samt ar-ra'sderived from the New Latin word
semita (path)
derived from the Greek word
Sem, Σήμ (Sem (Shem), a patriarch)
derived from the Hebrew word
shemderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-Date
The earliest known usage of zenith in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
zenithalCognates
Dutch
zenit, French
zénith, German
Zenit, Italian
zenit, Lithuanian
zenitas, Norwegian
senit, Russian
зeнит, Swedish
zenitUsage
Word found in Modern English
