axilla Latin · revision 8270

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la āla}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːkˈsɪl.la]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [akˈsil.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āxilla''' ''f'' (genitive āxillae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[āla]] “wing; armpit”, made from that word's earlier form ⟨*axla⟩, like [[māxilla]] beside [[māla]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD quotes Cicero, who notes that ''āla'' came from ''axilla'' by dropping a harsh letter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler's first source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the armpit.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(TLL) The forms ''ascilla'' and ''ascella'' appear later, and Isidore uses it.^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant the side, the armpit.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin glosses spell it ''ascella'' and use it also for the part under a wing.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''ascella'', French ''aisselle'' and Spanish ''axila'', and was borrowed into English as [[m|en|axilla]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero says ''āla'' came from it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore uses it of the armpit.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|armpit]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(TLL)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The part under a wing.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āla]]

+ * [[māxilla]]

+ * [[en|axilla]]

+ * [[en|axil]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}