Etymograph

English

shatt

Shatt comes from Arabic شَطّ ‘chott, bank, shore, coast, seashore,…’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَطّ1šaṭṭ‘chott, bank, shore, coast, seashore, riverside, seaside, riverbank, seacoast, beach’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1956shatt1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English shatt
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1956, William Chambers, Robert Chambers: “[...] far greater than was originally supposed, and that…”.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَطّWiktionary, English shattšaṭṭ‘chott, bank, shore, coast, seashore, riverside, seaside, riverbank, seacoast, beach’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1956shattWiktionary, English shatt. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1956, William Chambers, Robert Chambers: “[...] far greater than was originally supposed, and that…”

Every English word from Arabic شَطّ

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shatt”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Arabic شَطّ / shatt

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