Etymology

saddleback

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Today it means: A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks. Full definition →

English back ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc
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saddleback · noun, adjective, adverb1

  1. Englishsaddle
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*baką
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  5. Old Englishbæc
  6. Middle Englishbak
  7. Englishback
  8. English todaysaddleback

From saddle + back.

saddleback · verb2

From Saddleback Church of Lake Forest, California. Coined in a contest held by columnist Dan Savage, in response to its support for California Proposition 8.

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