axle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæksəl/ Rhymes: -æksəl Homophones: axel, axil === Etymology 1 === 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”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”). ==== Noun ==== axle (plural axles) (obsolete) Shoulder. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull. ==== Noun ==== axle (plural axles) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Anagrams === Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== axle alternative form of axel === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== axle alternative form of axil