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==Origin==
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''cenyth'', ''senyth'', from Middle French ''cenit'', from Medieval Latin, from Old Spanish ''zenit'', ''modification'' of Arabic ''samt'' (''al-ra's'') way (over one's head)
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''cenyth'', ''senyth'', from Middle French ''cenit'', from Medieval Latin, from Old Spanish ''zenit'', ''modification'' of Arabic ''samt'' (''al-ra's'') way (over one's head)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
The word "zenith" derives from the inaccurate [[reading]] of the Arabic expression سمت الرأس (samt ar-ra's), meaning "[[direction]] of the head" or "[[path]] above the head", by Medieval Latin scribes in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] (during the 14th century), possibly through Old Spanish. It was reduced to 'samt' ("[[direction]]") and miswritten as 'senit'/'cenit', as the "m" was misread as an "ni". Through the Old French 'cenith', 'zenith' first appeared in the 17th century.
The word "zenith" derives from the inaccurate [[reading]] of the Arabic expression سمت الرأس (samt ar-ra's), meaning "[[direction]] of the head" or "[[path]] above the head", by Medieval Latin scribes in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] (during the 14th century), possibly through Old Spanish. It was reduced to 'samt' ("[[direction]]") and miswritten as 'senit'/'cenit', as the "m" was misread as an "ni". Through the Old French 'cenith', 'zenith' first appeared in the 17th century.
