Cimeter
/ˈsɪmɪtər/noun
A curved sword; a variant spelling of scimitar.
Did you know?The English form is a spelling variant of *scimitar*, ultimately traced through French and Italian back to Persian words for a curved sword, not to any mystical “sword magic” root.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
cimeter
“A variant spelling of scimitar, meaning a curved sword.”
16th Century
French
cimeterre
“A curved sword.”
16th Century
Italian
scimitarra
“A curved sword.”
Medieval Persian
Persian
shamshīr
“A sword, especially a curved one.”
Proto-Iranian
Iranian
*kati-? / *šam-?
“Reconstructed ancestral forms proposed for the sword term, ultimately uncertain in detail.”