axle – English noun declension

Noun: axle

Singular	axle
Plural	axles

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like axle

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Etymology

1. From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon),
2. Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”). See: Middle English Nouns 'axel', Old English Nouns 'eaxl', Dutch Nouns 'oksel', German Nouns 'Achsel', Swedish Nouns 'axel', Latin Nouns 'axilla', Latin Nouns 'axis', English Nouns 'axis', Latin Nouns 'āla', English Nouns 'ala', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἄξων', Greek Nouns 'άξονας', Russian Nouns 'ось'.

Verbs referencing "axle"

English Nouns axis, Latin Nouns axis, English Nouns axon, German Nouns Achsel, English Nouns aisle, Dutch Nouns oksel, Irish Nouns aiseal.