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”).

saxo m (plural saxos)

1. saxophone

• “saxo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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 saxofone. Sax

Borrowed from Latin saxum, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014