Saussure
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French surname of Norman origin, from Saussay, Eure-et-Loir in France. This placename is from Medieval Latin Salcetum, from earlier Salictum, from earlier Salcidum, a suffixed form of Latin salix (“willow”), common in placenames.
Proper noun[edit]
Saussure
- A surname.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France : Formations non-romanes ; formations dialectales, Droz, 1990, p. 1263.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Proper noun[edit]
Saussure m
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Norman
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French obsolete forms
- Cassini map