Saxe

== English == === Etymology === Seemingly a combination of influences: Middle English Saxe (“the Saxons”) (from Old English Seaxe), Middle French Saxe (“Saxony”), and German Sachsen (“Saxony”) and Sachse (“a Saxon”) itself, rewritten with x (compare regional German Saxen). The form Saxẽ (i.e., Saxen) is found in some Early Modern sources. The surname is also partly from German Sachs, itself a variant of Sachse; a variant of Dutch Sas (literally “Saxon”), a cognate; and Middle English Saxe, a personal name from Old Norse Saxi, from sax (“one-edged sword”). All of these ultimately lead back to Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Doublet of Sachs, Sax, Sas, and Sachse. === Pronunciation === (proper noun): IPA(key): /sæks/, /ˈsæksə/ (common noun): IPA(key): /sæks/ === Proper noun === Saxe (now only in compounds or attributively) Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany A surname from the Germanic languages. ==== Derived terms ==== saxe blue Saxe-Coburg and Gotha === Noun === Saxe (uncountable) (photography, historical) A German albumenized paper used in photography. === References === === Anagrams === Seax, axes, seax, sexa- == French == === Etymology === From Middle French Saxe, an apparently semi-learned form which displaced Old French Saisunie, Sessoigne, etc., from Latin Saxōnia, perhaps after Medieval Latin Saxia or influenced by German Sachsen itself. Compare Middle French Saxone (“Saxony”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saks/ === Proper noun === Saxe f Saxony (a state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands) Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany) === See also === === Anagrams === axes