abscisse + akse, first part from Latin abscissa (linea) (“cut (line)”), from abscissus (“torn off, cut off”), perfect passive participle of abscindō (“I tear away; divide”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from scindō (“I cut, tear; divide”), from Proto-Italic *skindō (“to cut, tear, rend, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *skinédti ~ *skindénti (“to be cutting off”), from *skeyd- (“to split, to divide”) (with the infix *-né-), an extension of *skey- (“to split, dissect”) (Perhaps with *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)), from *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”). Last part from German Achse (“axis, axle”), from Middle High German ahse, from Old High German ahsa (“axis, axle”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahsu (“axle”), from Proto-Germanic *ahsō (“axle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”), from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
abscisseakse m (definite singular abscisseaksen, indefinite plural abscisseakser, definite plural abscisseaksene)