Etymology

Adventus Saxonum

Today it means: The arrival en masse of Germanic settlers or invaders in Britain in the 5th–6th centuries CE. Full definition →

Latin adventus Saxōnum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromadventus Saxōnum“arrival of the Saxons”
  2. English todayAdventus Saxonum

Borrowed from Latin adventus Saxōnum (“arrival of the Saxons”).

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