Morpheme
Shaft
Type
free base
Denotation
rod, stem, stalk
Etymology
Middle English shafte; Old English sċeaft
Evidence
aftershaft, airshaft, camshaft, crankshaft, driveshaft, dropshaft, foreshaft, hairshaft, jackshaft, liftshaft, midshaft, mineshaft, shafted, shafting, shafts, shaftwork, shafty, sunshaft