saxo

From saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”).

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saxo m (plural saxos)

1. clipping of saxophone

• “saxo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Saxo”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

saxō

1. dative/ablative singular of saxum

saxō m (genitive saxōnis); third declension

1. alternative letter-case form of Saxō (“Saxon”)

saxo m (plural saxos)

1. clipping of saxofón sax

Borrowed from Latin saxum. Compare Portuguese seixo (“pebble”) and Italian sasso (“stone”) (which were, unlike the Spanish word, inherited).

saxo m (plural saxos)

1. stone

• “saxo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024