Etymology

saturn

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Today it means: Sable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets. Full definition →

Old English Sætern ← Latin Sāturnus ← Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄
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saturn · noun1

From Saturn.

Saturn · proper noun, noun2

  1. Etruscan · derived from𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄
  2. Latin · derived fromSāturnus
  3. Old English · inherited fromSætern
  4. English todaySaturn

From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).

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