ox
/ˈɑks/ · noun
Meaning
- An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
- Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
- Abbreviation of oxygen.
- A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- A surname.
- Clipping of Oxford.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).
- उ॒क्षन्(sa)→
- 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥(ae)→
- okso(Tocharian B)→
- ops(xto)→
- ych(Welsh)→
- *uksḗn(ine-pro)→
- Ochse(German)→
- os(Dutch)→
- okse(West Frisian)→
- *uhsô(gem-pro)→
- *ohsō(gmw-pro)→
- oxa(Old English)→
- oxe(Middle English)→
- ox (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- oks(Cimbrian) (cog)
- okso(Esperanto) (bor)
- Ochse(German) (cog)
- 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰(Gothic) (cog)
- ӧш(Komi-Zyrian) (cog)
- Ox(Pennsylvania German) (cog)
- उक्षन्(Sanskrit) (cog)
- ఉక్షము(Telugu) (cog)
- ош(Udmurt) (cog)
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