SAGITTARIUS

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An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow and penetrates a distant target. Sagitta is the constellation of the arrow, and Sagittarius is the constellation of the bow or Archer. The constellation of Aquila separates these two constellations. The English word arrow (constellation Sagitta) is confounded with the archer (Sagittarius) and cognate with Latin arcus, 'bow, arch'. The English word Sagitta, arrow, is also confounded with the word Sagittarius, the archer, or 'arrow shooter'. The word Archer comes from the Indo-European root *arku- 'Bow and arrow (uncertain which, perhaps both as a unit)'. Derivatives: arrow, arc, arcade, arch1, archer, arbalest, archivolt, archiform, arcuate, from Latin arcus, bow.