Etymograph

English

Semi-Saxon

From semi- + Saxon.

Formed from semi- + Saxon

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’

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Late Latin Saxōnem

Old French *Saxoun

Old English *Seaxa

Middle English Saxe

English Saxon

Today it means

name Late Old English and early Middle English, perceived as a language intermediate between Anglo-Saxon and English and belonging to the period from 1100 to either c. 1200, 1230, or 1250 (depending on the author).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Semi-Saxon