Etymology

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Today it means: A falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia. Full definition →

Middle English sacre ← Middle French sacre ← Old Spanish sacro
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  1. Arabic · derived fromصَقْر
  2. Old Spanish · derived fromsacro
  3. Middle French · derived fromsacre
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsacre
  5. English todaysaker

From Middle English sacre, from Middle French sacre, from Old Spanish sacro, from Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.