Where does “saigteóir” come from?

saigteóir (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish saiget, from Latin Sagitta, from Latin sagitta — arrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

saigteóir (Middle Irish): archer, bowman; soldier

Definitions

  1. archer, bowman; soldier

Ancestry of “saigteóir”, step by step

saigteóir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish saiget

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsaigetarrow, dart, javelin
2LatinSagittathe Arrow, Sagitta
3Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...

via Middle Irish saiget

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsaigetarrow

Words derived from “saigteóir”

Every word from Latin sagitta →Every word from Latin Sagitta →Every word from Old Irish saiget →