Where does “semiaxă” come from?

semiaxă (Romanian) comes from Romanian axă, 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.

semiaxă (Romanian): semiaxis

Definitions

  1. semiaxis

Ancestry of “semiaxă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianaxăaxis
2Frenchaxerto align on an axis; to point, to orientate
3Frenchaxeaxis; axle
4LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
5Proto-Italicaksis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- →Every word from Proto-Italic aksis →