English
Sayyid
Sayyid comes from Arabic سَيِّد ‘Master, Lord, the nobleman’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *swd-.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*swd-reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَيِّدsayyid‘Master, Lord, the nobleman’
- EnglishtodaySayyid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*swd-reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentسَيِّدsayyid‘Master, Lord, the nobleman’
- EnglishtodaySayyid
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *swd-
Today it means
name A male given name from Arabic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *swd- / Sayyid