saxophone
SAK-suh-fohn · noun
Origin
Borrowed from French saxophone, formed from the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) plus a connecting -o- and -phone, meaning 'something that makes a sound,' from Ancient Greek phōnḗ ('sound, voice').
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Journey
The word has named this brass-bodied instrument since it was coined for Sax's invention.
Related words
The surname Sax is itself a variant of German Sachs, meaning 'Saxon,' linking the instrument's name back to an old ethnic name before it ever meant music.