Where does “axă” come from?

axă (Romanian) comes from French axer, from French axe, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

axă (Romanian): axis

Definitions

  1. axis

Ancestry of “axă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaxerto align on an axis; to point, to orientate
2Frenchaxeaxis; axle
3LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
4Proto-Italicaksis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “axă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- →Every word from Proto-Italic aksis →