An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sigrist

by Friedrich Kluge

Sigrist, m., ‘sexton, sacristan,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sigriste, OHG. (also OLG.) sigristo; borrowed during the OHG. period contemporaneously with Priester, predigen, and especially with Küster and Meßner, from Lat. sacrista, whose MidLat. variant segrista(nus) leads to OFr. segretain (in ModFr. sacristain, Ital. sagrestano, E. sexton).