Etymology

axon

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Today it means: A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) ← Proto-Hellenic *aksōn ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-
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axon · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*aksōn
  4. Ancient Greekἄξων (áxōn)
  5. English todayaxon

Derived from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and other borrowed axis, aisle, ala, atelier.

Axon · proper noun2

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Ackeson, equivalent to Acke (a pet form of Adam) + -son. The first element could also be from a variant of the female name Agatha, see also Agate.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs- all →

axisatelieroxter

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