Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eḱs-

‘axis’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-, most familiar first.

• axis ← *aksis
• axe ← axis ← *aksis ← *h₂eḱs-i-s
• aisle ← ele ← ele ← āla ← *axla
• ala ← *axla ← axis ← *aksis
• axle ← axel ← eaxl ← *ahslu ← *ahslō
• axes ← axis ← *aksis ← *h₂eḱs-i-s
• atelier ← astelier
• axon ← ἄξων ← *aksōn
• alar ← ala ← *axla ← axis ← *aksis
• axilla ← āla ← *axla ← axis ← *aksis
• axil ← axilla ← āla ← *axla ← axis
• alula ← ala ← *axla ← axis ← *aksis

More words from *h₂eḱs-

• alary
• alate
• agliata
• ailette
• aliform
• aliferous
• alation
• sglods

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-