The story
- Latin · derived fromAnglī Saxōnēs
- Latin · derived fromAnglosaxones
- English todayAnglo-Saxon
From Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Anglī Saxōnēs (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native Old English Angelseaxan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.