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Probable: The majority view, with some reservations.Plants & animals · Specialized

sacre

saker falcon (large falcon used in falconry)halcón grande usado en cetrería

Comes from Arabic

صَقْر

ṣaqr

“falcon”«halcón»

Arabic today says

صَقْر

ṣaqr

And it still does

Root

ص ق ر

ṣ-q-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

The emphatic ṣ stayed as s and a supporting -e was added: ṣaqr > sacre. The word traveled with falconry, much prized at Arab courts.La ṣ enfática se quedó en s y se añadió una -e de apoyo: ṣaqr > sacre. La palabra viajó con la cetrería, muy apreciada en las cortes árabes.

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