Latin

axis

‘an axletree of wagon, car, chariot’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin axis.

16 English words in this record descend from Latin axis, most familiar first.

• axis
• axe
• aisle ← ele ← ele ← āla ← *axla
• ala ← *axla
• axes
• alar ← ala ← *axla
• axilla ← āla ← *axla
• axil ← axilla ← āla ← *axla
• alula ← ala ← *axla
• alary ← alarius ← ala ← *axla
• alate ← ālātus ← āla ← *axla
• agliata ← aglio ← ālium ← āla ← *axla

More words from axis

• ailette
• aliform
• aliferous
• alation

Etymograph / Latin axis