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samt
Arabic · medieval
"path, direction overhead"
meaning "path" or "direction", from "samt ar-ra's" (path over the head)
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cenit
Old Spanish · medieval
"the point directly overhead"
adopted through Arabic astronomical texts
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zenith
English · medieval
"the highest point in the sky above an observer"
settled as the English astronomical term
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