Sator
/ˈseɪ.tɔr/noun
A Latin word meaning "sower" or "planter," and also an epithet for a creator or begetter.
Did you know?Sator became famous in the magical SATOR square, a Latin word-puzzle found carved across the Roman world and later linked to protective, mysterious, and possibly Christian or ritual uses.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₁-
“to sow, scatter seed”
Latin
Latin
serere
“to sow, plant”
Latin
Latin
sator
“a sower, planter; a begetter or creator”
Late Latin
Latin
sator
“an epithet for a producer or maker, especially in religious and poetic language”
Modern English
English
sator
“a Latin word encountered in scholarship, inscriptions, and the SATOR square”
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