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): /ˈejʃo/ [ˈej.ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejʃo
• Hyphenation: ei‧xo

eixo m (plural eixos)

1. 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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “eixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “eixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “eixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “eixo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “eixe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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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