Noun: eixo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | eixo |
| Plural m | eixos |
Sample Sentences
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1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53 (with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their axles [windlasses], and a hawser made of hemp)
Nouns inflected like eixo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From Latin axis (“axletree”) (with change of declension), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Cognate with Portuguese eixo and Spanish eje. See: Latin Nouns '
axis', Portuguese Nouns '
eixo', Spanish Nouns '
eje'.
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