English
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha comes from German Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, and goes back to English and.
- English1500–presentand
- Germanc. 1650–presentSachsen-Coburg und Gotha
- EnglishtodaySaxe-Coburg and Gotha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentand
- Germanc. 1650–presentSachsen-Coburg und Gotha
- EnglishtodaySaxe-Coburg and Gotha
Made of the words Saxe-Coburg + and + Gotha
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’
…
Proto-Germanic *andi ‘in addition’
Proto-West Germanic *andi
Old English and
Middle English and ‘and’
English and
The story
Saxe is a common rendering of Sachsen in compounds; see there for more.
Every English word from English and
Today it means
name A former duchy in Germany.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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