noun
Origin: ME & OFr azimut < Ar as-sumūt < as < al, the + sumūt, pl. of samt, way, path
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English azimut
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Arabic as-sumūt
Origin: , pl. of as-samt, the way, compass bearing
Origin: : al-, the
Origin: + samt, way (from Latin sēmita, path; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots)
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