Etymology

saxifrage

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Today it means: Any plant in the genus Saxifraga. Full definition →

Old French saxifrage ← Late Latin saxifraga ← Latin saxifragus
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  1. Latin · derived fromsaxifragus“stone-breaking”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromsaxifraga
  3. Old French · derived fromsaxifrage
  4. English todaysaxifrage

From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras.

Words from the same roots

Latinsaxifragus all →

sassafrassaxifragous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.