Etymology

sagum

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Today it means: A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder. Full definition →

Latin sagum
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  1. Latin · derived fromsagum
  2. English todaysagum

From Latin sagum, perhaps of Gaulish origin.

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