Saxon
English
/ˈsæksən/
noun
Definitions
- A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
- A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
- (uncountable) A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
- (Ireland) An English/British person.
- A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Saxe inherited from Old English *Seaxa derived from Old French *Saxoun derived from Latin Saxonem derived from *sahs (knife, dagger) derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (knife, stone chip, rock, sword, dagger) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (cut, dry out, coagulate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sek-
Gloss
cut, dry out, coagulate
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Anglo-Saxon English
- Anglo-Saxondom English
- Anglo-Saxonism English
- Anglo-Saxonist English
- Anglo-Saxonry English
- Nether-Saxon English
- Saxondom English
- Saxonic English
- Saxonism English
- Saxonist English
- Saxonize English
- Saxonness English
- Saxony English
- Semi-Saxon English
- insect English
- saxonite English
- sex English
- Saxonem Latin
- Saxō Latin
- dissectus Latin
- intersecare Latin
- sacena Latin
- saxum Latin
- secare, seco Latin
- seco Latin
- secta Latin
- sectio Latin
- sector Latin
- secāre, secō Latin
- secō Latin
- segmentum Latin
- segnis Latin
- sequi Latin
- signum Latin
- scudocrociato Italian
- sax Dutch, Flemish
- troisième sexe French
- *seg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skei- Proto-Indo-European
- *sēk-teh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *sagô Proto-Germanic
- *sagō Proto-Germanic
- *sahsą Proto-Germanic
- sax Swedish
- *Seaxa Old English
- Seaxa Old English
- Seaxisc Old English
- Westseaxa Old English
- handseax Old English
- læceseax Old English
- meteseax Old English
- seax Old English
- ædreseax Old English
- Saxe Middle English
- sawen Middle English
- sax Middle English
- Saxland Old Norse
- sax Old Norse
- saxa Old Norse
- saxar Old Norse
- sǫx Old Norse
- sakser Danish
- *sekyra Proto-Slavic
- *sěťi Proto-Slavic
- *Saxoun Old French
- hesg Welsh
- Sahso Old High German
- sahs Old High German
- Sahse Middle High German
- *sahs gmw-pro
- *sahsō gmw-pro
- *segisnu gmw-pro
- *sexskā Proto-Celtic
- Sahsō Old Saxon
- *seknom Proto-Italic