Etymology

saxifragous

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Latin saxifragus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsaxifragus“stone-breaking”
  2. English todaysaxifragous

Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”), from saxum (“stone”) + frangere (“to break”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsaxifragus all →

sassafrassaxifrage

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.