Where does the word sagittarius come from?

Sagittarius (n.) zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin, literally “archer,” properly “pertaining to arrows,” from sagitta “arrow,” which probably is from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language. Meaning “person born under Sagittarius” (properly Sagittarian) is attested from 1940. The Sagittarius zodiac symbol of the Centaur is based on the Greek mythological association with Chiron, the great …

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