sétim

sétim

⇒SÉTIM, subst. masc.
Arbre produisant un bois précieux dont il est question dans la Bible et qui semble être une variété d'acacia. Le quartier des tisserands, où les dromadaires, montés par les marchands d'Asie, viennent, chargés de bois de sétim, de pourpre et de fin lin (VILLIERS DE L'I.-A., Contes cruels, 1883, p. 374).
Prononc.:[setim]. Étymol. et Hist. Ca 1175 sechim (THOMAS DE KENT, Roman de toute chevalerie, éd. B. Foster, 4373); ca 1300 sethim (MACÉ DE LA CHARITÉ, Bible, éd. J. R. Smeets, t. 1, 4426: boys de sethim; 4604: autier [autel] de sethim); ca 1330 sethin (G. DE DIGULLEVILLE, Pélerinage vie hum., éd. J. J. Stürzinger, 3436: bos Sethin); 1re moit. XVIe s. setin (E. MÉDICIS, Chron., éd. A. Chassaing, t. 1, p. 26: boys de setin); av. 1729 setim (J. MESLIER, Mémoire des pensées et sentiments, éd. R. Desné, t. 1, p. 359: bois de setim). Empr. au lat. setim (Vulgate, Exode, 25, 5 et passim: ligna setim, de lignis setim) et celui-ci à l'hébr. , plur. de h « acacia », prob. d'orig. égyptienne.

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