Etymograph

English

shmita

Shmita comes from Hebrew שְׁמִיטָה ‘sabbatical year’.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentשְׁמִיטָה1‘sabbatical year’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001shmita1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English shmita
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow: “The Va·ad recommends that kibbutzim observe some of the…”.

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentשְׁמִיטָהWiktionary, English shmita‘sabbatical year’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001shmitaWiktionary, English shmita. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow: “The Va·ad recommends that kibbutzim observe some of the…”

Every English word from Hebrew שְׁמִיטָה

Today it means

noun A sabbatical year.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shmita”. 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 / Hebrew שְׁמִיטָה / shmita

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