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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“dagger, knife”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Saxō m (genitive Saxōnis); third declension
- A person from the Germanic tribal community of the Saxons
- (Medieval Latin, Britain, Ireland, by extension) An English person.
- Synonym: Anglosaxones (in plural)
- (Medieval Latin, Germany) A speaker of Low German.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- Saxones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Saxo”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC