Saxo

See also: saxo and saxó

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“dagger, knife”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.soː/, [ˈs̠äks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.so/, [ˈsäkso]

Noun

Saxō m (genitive Saxōnis); third declension

1. A person from the Germanic tribal community of the Saxons
2. (Medieval Latin, Britain, Ireland, by extension) An English person.

   Synonym: Anglosaxones (in plural)

3. (Medieval Latin, Germany) A speaker of Low German. [from 12th c.]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Saxō	Saxōnēs
Genitive	Saxōnis	Saxōnum
Dative	Saxōnī	Saxōnibus
Accusative	Saxōnem	Saxōnēs
Ablative	Saxōne	Saxōnibus
Vocative	Saxō	Saxōnēs

Descendants

• Old French: saisoigne, sesne
  • Anglo-Norman: sessoun
• → Old French: Saxon (semi-learned)
  • → Middle English: Saxoun
    • English: Saxon (partially)
• → Proto-Brythonic: *Sėɨs
  • Middle Breton: Saus
    • Breton: Saoz
  • Cumbric:
    • → English: Pennersax
  • Middle Cornish: *Seys
    • Cornish: Sows
  • Middle Welsh: Seis
    • Welsh: Sais
• → Middle Irish: Saxa
• → Old Irish: Saxain
  • Middle Irish: Saxain
    • Irish: Sacsain, Sasana
    • Manx: Sostyn
    • Scottish Gaelic: Sasainn

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^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC