Axle
/ˈæk.səl/noun
A shaft or spindle on or with which a wheel revolves.
Did you know?Axle comes from the same deep Indo-European root as "axis," meaning the central pivot or line around which something turns, a concept that became essential in both mechanics and cosmology.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*heḱs-
“to be sharp; pointed”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂eḱs-
“axis, axle, pointed pole”
Latin
Latin
axis
“axle, pivot, beam”
Old English
English
eax
“axle, axis”
Middle English
English
axel
“axle”