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axle

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”). Doublet of axis.

Noun edit

axle (plural axles)

  1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

Noun edit

axle (plural axles)

  1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  3. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
    the Sun's axle
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Etymology 1 edit

From Old English eaxl.

Noun edit

axle

  1. Alternative form of axel

Etymology 2 edit

A conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

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axle

  1. Alternative form of axil
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