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saw

/ˈsɔː/SAW
/ˈsɔ/SAW

Meaningcutting tool

Common meaning: toothed tool for cutting

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAK‘cut, cleave, sever’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 377, p. 743 · scan
  2. Old Englishsaga‘cutting tool’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishsawesource
  4. Englishsaw‘toothed tool for cutting’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English saga ‘cutting tool’.

Roots

  • saga Old English “cutting tool”

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