axle
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axle”). Cognate with East 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”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse öxull.
Noun
axle (plural axles)
Derived terms
Translations
the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
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a transverse bar or shaft
an axis
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See also
axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English eaxl.
Etymology 2
A conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse öxull.
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