who exactly are anglo saxons?

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who exactly are anglo saxons?

what is the origin of words anglo and saxon? who are they?

2007-04-17 17:18:35 · 3 answers · asked by sagar 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture

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Anglo refers to the English.
Saxons are from Germany's Saxony Region, either Upper or Lower Saxony.

So, an Anglo-Saxon would be a German-English partnership of some kind, be it business, or family.

2007-04-17 17:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Anglo-Saxons: a Germanic people who dominated England before 1066.

2007-04-17 17:34:13 · answer #2 · answered by Sinombre 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

why don't you ask

"who exactly are racists?"

just kidding though I didn't mean all Anglo-Saxons are racists, but maybe most racists are Anglo-Saxons!

2007-04-17 20:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by sanskrit p 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋