The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromsagittālis
- English todaysagittal
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin sagittālis, from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sagittal
Today it means: Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction. Full definition →
Medieval Latin sagittālis