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Where does “saighead” come from?

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

saighead (Scottish Gaelic): arrow

Definitions

  1. arrow

Ancestry of “saighead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsaigetarrow, dart, javelin
2LatinSagitta—
3Latinsagittaarrow, bolt; lancet; arrowhead, a plant of the...
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