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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

axis XIV. — L. axis axle, etc., rel. to Skr. ákṣa-, Gr. áxōn, and OE. eax, æx, OHG. ahsa (G. achse) :- Gmc. *aχsō; cf. next.

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