köken: Via Middle French zenith, from Old French cenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, ultimately from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from Latin sēmĭta.
köken: Borrowed from New Latin apogaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
köken: From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg), from Middle Iranian, ultimately Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“related to increasement”). Cognate with Gilaki اوچوک (učuk, “soar”) and Sanskrit उच्च (ucca).
köken: From French zénith, Italian and Polish zenit, German Zenit, Russian зени́т (zenít), Yiddish זעניט (zenit), English zenith, all from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت اَلرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction over the head”).