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Where does “ἄξων” come from?

ἄξων (Ancient Greek) comes from English -phyte, from Ancient Greek φυτόν, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ἄξων (Ancient Greek): an axle; an axis; the axis of the celestial...

Definitions

  1. an axle; an axis; the axis of the celestial...

Ancestry of “ἄξων”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-phyteA taxonomic group of plants or algae, e.g....
2Ancient Greekφυτόνplant, tree; creature; child, descendant
3Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “ἄξων”

  • axon
  • axonal
  • axotomy
  • axonopathy
  • axoplasm
  • axoplasmic
  • neuroaxonal
  • axonic
  • axodendritic
  • axosomatic
  • axonally
  • periaxonal
  • axoglial
  • axopod
  • abaxonal
  • axogenesis
  • mesaxonic
  • monaxonic
  • axoplast
  • axopetal
  • axoplasmically
  • electroaxonography
  • axonography
  • axo-
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