Etymology

sabbatical

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Today it means: Relating to the Sabbath. Full definition →

Latin sabbaticus
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  1. Latin · derived fromsabbaticus
  2. English todaysabbatical

From Latin sabbaticus + -al.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.