Editing Zenith (section)

==Origin==
The word ''zenith'' derives from an inaccurate reading of the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] expression {{lang|ar|سمت الرأس}} ({{Transliteration|ar|DIN|samt al-raʾs}}), meaning "direction of the head" or "path above the head", by [[Medieval Latin]] scribes in the [[Middle Ages]] (during the 14th century), possibly through [[Old Spanish]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Corominas |first=J. |title=Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana |language=es |date=1987 |location=Madrid |isbn=978-8-42492-364-8 |edition=3rd |pages=144}}</ref> It was reduced to ''samt'' ("direction") and miswritten as ''senit''/''cenit'', the ''m'' being misread as ''ni''. Through the [[Old French]] ''cenith'', ''zenith'' first appeared in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite Dictionary.com|zenith |access-date=2012-03-21}}</ref>