eixo

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈejʃʊ]

eixo m (plural eixos)

1. axle, axletree (alternative form of eixe)
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:

     con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo

     with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their axles [windlasses], and a hawser made of hemp

• árdelle o eixo
• untar o eixo

• “eixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “eixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “eixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “eixo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “eixe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

eixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eixar
2. first-person singular present indicative of eixir

From Old Galician-Portuguese eixe, from Latin axis (“axletree”) (with change of declension), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Compare Galician eixe, Spanish eje. Doublet of the borrowing áxis.

• Hyphenation: ei‧xo

eixo m (plural eixos)

1. axle, axletree (the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves)
2. (geometry) axis (imaginary line)

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