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saeta.

hair; (coarse/stiff); bristle; brush; morbid internal growth; fishing-leader;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsae̯.ta]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛː.ta]
  1. a bristle, (rough) hair on an animal

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. silk (the meaning of most descendants in modern languages)

    Late-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Old High German seid (“cord”), Old Norse seior, Czech síť (“net”), Russian сеть (setʹ, “net, mesh”), Old Church Slavonic сѣть (sětĭ, “trap, snare, net”), Lithuanian sietas (“tie”), Old Prussian saytan (“belt, strap”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬈𐬙𐬎 (haetu, “dam”), and Sanskrit सेतु (sétu, “bridge, fetter, band”).

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