Fulcrum

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Borrowed from Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”).

The support about which a lever pivots. It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
figuratively A crux or pivot; a central point. By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.