Where does “sajjetta” come from?

sajjetta (Maltese) comes from Italian saetta, from Latin Sagitta, from Latin sagitta — arrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

sajjetta (Maltese): thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. thunderbolt

Ancestry of “sajjetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaettaarrow; hand; thunderbolt, lightning
2LatinSagittathe Arrow, Sagitta
3Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...
Every word from Latin sagitta →
sajjetta — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer