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Where does “sagittally” come from?

sagittally (English) comes from English sagittal, from Latin sagittālis, from Latin Sagitta, from Latin sagitta — arrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

sagittally (English): In a sagittal direction

Definitions

  1. In a sagittal direction

Ancestry of “sagittally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsagittalIn the direction from dorsal to ventral; Of or...
2Latinsagittālis—
3LatinSagitta—
4Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...
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