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Where does “Sagittarius” come from?

Sagittarius comes from Latin sagittarius, an agent noun formed with the Latin suffix -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós.

Sagittarius (English): Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

Definitions

  1. Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

Ancestry of “Sagittarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSagittarius—
2LatinSagitta—
3Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

Words derived from “Sagittarius”

  • Sagittarian
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