sábado (Spanish)
Where does "sábado" come from?
The Spanish word "sábado" traces its roots back to the Hebrew "shabát," meaning "rest" or "cessation." It passed through Ancient Greek as "sábbaton" and into Ecclesiastical Latin as "sabbātum" before settling into current Spanish usage to designate the seventh day of the week.
Full etymology tree
- sábado (Spanish), 'Saturday'
- inherited sabbātum (Latin), 'Sabbath (the Jewish day of rest, i.e., the biblical seventh day of the week)'
- inherited σάββατον (sábbaton) (Ancient Greek), 'Sabbath'
- inherited שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ) (Biblical Hebrew)
- inherited 𒊭𒉺𒀜𒌈 (šapattum) (Akkadian)
- inherited שַׁבְּתָא (šabbəṯā) (Aramaic), 'Shabbat, Sabbath, Saturday'
- inherited שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ) (Biblical Hebrew)
- inherited σάββατον (sábbaton) (Ancient Greek), 'Sabbath'
- inherited sabbātum (Latin), 'Sabbath (the Jewish day of rest, i.e., the biblical seventh day of the week)'
Ancestors
- sabbatum (Latin)
- σάββατον (Ancient Greek)
Descendants and derived words
- Sabado (Cebuano)
- Sabado (Cebuano)
- zavɨru (Chayuco Mixtec)
- Sabaro (Karao)
- sabdo (Mezquital Otomi)
- djasabra (Papiamentu)
- sávuru (San Juan Colorado Mixtec)
- el sábado, sabadete, camisa nueva y polvete (Spanish)
- hacer sábado (Spanish)
- Sabado (Tagalog)
- sóbolu (Taos)
- saru (Tataltepec Chatino)
Updated July 2026
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