köken: Borrowed from Basque akelarre, made up of aker (“male goat”) and larre (“meadow”). Some researchers say the original word was alkalarre, from alka (“Spanish kind of cocksfoot”), akelarre being a form corrupted by the Church.
köken: Borrowed from Spanish aquelarre, itself from Basque akelarre, often derived from aker (“male goat”) and larre (“meadow”) but this could be a folk etymology.
köken: Etymology tree Akkadian šapattumbor.? Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּתbor. Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton)bor. Latin sabbatumlbor. Polish sabat Learned borrowing from Latin sabbatum. Doublet of sobota, szabas, and szabat.
Sabbath, Saturday: observed in Judaism and some Christian denominations as a day of rest and worship
köken: From Arabic سَبْت (sabt), اَلسَّبْت (as-sabt), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, possibly from Akkadian 𒊭𒉺𒀜𒌈 (šapattum, “the middle day of the lunar month”). Doublet of Sabtu.
Borrowed from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שבת (shabát, “Sabbath”). In regards to the semantic evolution to "witches' meeting" compare with ramdam, brouhaha. See also samedi.