English
axillary
Axillary comes from French axillaire.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaxillaire
- Englishtodayaxillary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaxillaire
- Englishtodayaxillary
The story
Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (‘of the axilla’), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillāris, from axilla (‘armpit’), diminutive form of the assumed *axula.
Every English word from French axillaire
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French axillaire / axillary