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sp1814 | 18:07 Fri 29th Apr 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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Can anyone tell me what the word 'sex' means in Middlesex, Sussex, Essex etc.

Also, when did it come about (I'm thinking Roman times, but that's more of a guess).

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sex is for saxon as opposed to angle _ ie middle saxons south saxons east saxons

So that's after the Romans, in the early Middle Ages. The Angles were East Anglia.
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jno/Auntie - excellent...thanks for your answers (it helped resolve a discussion point at work).

Cheers!

No, the Angles and Saxons (and even the Danes and the Vikings) intermingled throughout the country. The Saxon invaders originated from Germany. 
There a lots of meaning of sex like in science but In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety (each known as a sex). Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells (gametes) to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents..

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I did some research after reading your post and I found out that they are correct that sex in those places names are for Saxons. I just didn't get why they made it "sex".

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