The 'x' suffix is aviation speak in an abbreviated word called a contraction. You can think of the 'x' as "cut short" shorthand. Some are defined in manuals or advisory circulars. For example, WX is weather as defined in an old advisory circular, AC00-45.
Official or not, a few others that come to mind are:
MX - maintenance
CX - cancel
TX - transmit
RX - receive
MX - maintenance
CX - cancel
TX - transmit
RX - receive
Maybe others will chime in the comments with more lore. The -x is also used outside of aviation, and is a common abbreviation marker, e.g. Dx ("diagnosis"), elex ("election"), and Hx ("history").