axle

Meaning

Noun

• Shoulder.
• 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.
• An axis.

Origin

• 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, from *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle ("shoulder"), Dutch oksel ("armpit"), German Achsel ("armpit"), Swedish axel ("shoulder"), Latin axilla ("armpit"), Latin axis ("axle"),
• Greek άξονας ("axle"), Sanskrit अक्ष ("axle"), Sanskrit कक्ष ("room, armpit"), Russian ось ("axle").
• From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.