Saxophone
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from the name of Adolphe Sax (see saxhorn) + -phone.
wiktionary
Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone(“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή(phōnḗ, “voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs(“Saxon”).
etymonline
saxophone (n.)
1851, from French saxophone, named for Antoine Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (1814-1894), Belgian instrument maker who devised it c. 1840, + Greek -phonos "voiced, sounding." His father, Charles Joseph (1791-1865) invented the less popular saxhorn (1845). The surname is a spelling variant of Sachs, Sacks, literally "Saxon." Related: Saxophonist.
