The story
- Latin · derived fromaxungia
- French · borrowed fromaxonge“lard”
- English todayaxunge
Borrowed from French axonge (“lard”), from Latin axungia, from axis (“wheel”) + ungere (“to grease, lubricate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
axunge
Today it means: Fat or grease, especially of a pig or goose. Full definition →
French axonge ← Latin axungia