axe

An axe

Meanings

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Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂, from *h₂eḱ-. Compare German Axt, Danish økse, Icelandic öxi, and also Latin ascia.
  • Old English axian ("ask"); see ax for more.

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