Semite
noun/ˈsiːmaɪt/, /ˈsemaɪt/
/ˈsemaɪt/
- a member of the peoples who speak Semitic languages, including Arabs and JewsWord Originfrom modern Latin Semita, via late Latin from Greek Sēm ‘Shem’, son of Noah in the Bible, from whom these people were traditionally supposed to be descended.
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