Etymograph

English

Saïda

Saïda comes from Arabic صَيْدَا, and goes back to Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍.

  1. Phoenicianmodern𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍ṣydwn /⁠ṣīdūn⁠/
  2. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEצִידוֹןṢīḏōn
  3. Classical Syriacmodernܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢṣaydon
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentصَيْدَاṣaydā
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentSaïda
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Phoenicianmodern𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍ṣydwn /⁠ṣīdūn⁠/
  2. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEצִידוֹןṢīḏōn
  3. Classical Syriacmodernܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢṣaydon
  4. Arabicc. 500–presentصَيْدَاṣaydā
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentSaïda
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍

Another origin of Saïda

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentسَعِدَsaʕida‘to become happy’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentسَعِيدsaʕīdaas سَعِيدَة‘happy, cheerful, joyous’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentSaïda
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A port city in Lebanon, the ancient Sidon, a former city-state in Phoenicia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 / Saïda

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