Etymology

neuraxis

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Today it means: Synonym of central nervous system. Full definition →

English axis ← Latin axis ← Proto-Italic *aksis
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The story

  1. Englishneur-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
  4. Proto-Italic*aksis
  5. Latinaxis
  6. Englishaxis
  7. English todayneuraxis

From neur- + axis.

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