Sarcene
/ˈsɑːrsən/noun
An obsolete or variant term for a sarcen stone, a large block of hard sandstone.
Did you know?Sarcene belongs to the same historical naming tradition as “sarsen stone,” famously used at Stonehenge, although the stones themselves are not proven to have been built by Saracens.
Etymological Timeline
Medieval Latin
Latin
Saracenus
“Saracen; originally a name for peoples regarded by Europeans as Arab or Muslim”
Old French
Old French
Sarrazin
“Saracen; a Muslim or non-Christian foreigner in medieval usage”
Middle English
Middle English
sarasyn
“Saracen, often used broadly for a non-Christian or supposedly foreign people”
14th–16th Century
English
sarcen / sarsen
“A large, hard sandstone block, named through an association with supposedly ancient or foreign builders”
Modern English
English
sarcene
“An obsolete or variant spelling of sarcen, referring to a sarcen stone”